Panasonic PV-20D52 20'' TV-DVD Combo
Panasonic PV-20D52 20'' TV-DVD Combo
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Equally suitable for apartment, kitchen, dormitory, or bedroom, this 20-inch TV/DVD combo features a two-line digital comb filter, outputs for digital surround sound, and support for MP3 files and DVD-R discs. The PV-20D52's DVD player does double-duty as an audio CD player. In addition to playing conventional CDs, the set can play MP3 files from CD-R and CD-RW for hours of audio enjoyment. The combo unit can also play home-recorded MPEG2 video that's been saved on a DVD-R using a Panasonic DVD-Video recorder.
Home theater-ready, the PV-20D52 has an optical digital-audio output to help you enjoy surround sound audio. When it's connected to a Dolby Digital or DTS-decoding audio/video receiver and a six-channel speaker system, you'll enjoy exhilarating digital surround sound. The PV-20D52's two-line digital comb filter enhances resolution by removing blurred edges between colors and reducing dot crawl (tiny moving dots of color along a sharp color separation in a vertical line, as in a depiction of a character's striped T-shirt). Additionally, the DVD player offers fast, smooth-motion scan (in five speeds up to 100x), picture zoom, and auto switching field/frame still. Depending on the content of the disc, you can select from up to eight language soundtracks, 32 subtitle languages, and multiple camera angles.
A front-panel audio/video input (with composite- and S-video) affords easy hookup of camcorders, gaming consoles, or other devices. The unit includes an earphone jack, a sleep timer, on timer, and wake-up alarm. Onscreen icons and front-panel cursor keys and menu control make setup and operation simple. It also comes with built-in FM radio and a multibrand tower remote.
Finally, Panasonic has set up the PV-20D52 with Ready-to-Play: as soon as you plug it in, the combo automatically sets its own clock and local TV channels.
Product Description:
With a Panasonic TV/DVD combo unit, you can enjoy all of your favorite DVD movies in one state-of-the-art, space-saving unit. These versatile products also play DVD-Rs, and audio formats such as CDs and most CD-R/RW MP3 recordings. FM Radio with Auto Scan makes it easy to search through all available FM stations and save 9 of your favorites in memory. When you plug in this TV/DVD combo unit, the local time and available TV channels are automatically set. With six discrete channels of digital audio (for optional DTS and Dolby Digital surround sound decoders), your TV/DVD combo unit can deliver the ultimate sound experience. DVD Resume Play starts your movie from where you left off, even if you press stop. DVD Multi-Speed Scan/Slow scans forward or backward through any DVD at varying speeds, making it easy for you to search for specific scenes while you watch. Simulated Surround Sound simulates the surround sound movie theater experience using just two speakers, allowing you to enjoy multi-channel DVDs without an elaborate home theater system. With DVD picture zoom, you can magnify an image from a DVD for an extreme close-up.
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Panasonic PV-20D52 20" TV-DVD Combo
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Product Description
With a Panasonic TV/DVD combo unit, you can enjoy all of your favorite DVD movies in one state-of-the-art, space-saving unit. These versatile products also play DVD-Rs, and audio formats such as CDs and most CD-R/RW MP3 recordings. FM Radio with Auto Scan makes it easy to search through all available FM stations and save 9 of your favorites in memory. When you plug in this TV/DVD combo unit, the local time and available TV channels are automatically set. With six discrete channels of digital audio (for optional DTS and Dolby Digital surround sound decoders), your TV/DVD combo unit can deliver the ultimate sound experience. DVD Resume Play starts your movie from where you left off, even if you press stop. DVD Multi-Speed Scan/Slow scans forward or backward through any DVD at varying speeds, making it easy for you to search for specific scenes while you watch. Simulated Surround Sound simulates the surround sound movie theater experience using just two speakers, allowing you to enjoy multi-channel DVDs without an elaborate home theater system. With DVD picture zoom, you can magnify an image from a DVD for an extreme close-up.Amazon.com Product Description
Equally suitable for apartment, kitchen, dormitory, or bedroom, this 20-inch TV/DVD combo features a two-line digital comb filter, outputs for digital surround sound, and support for MP3 files and DVD-R discs. The PV-20D52's DVD player does double-duty as an audio CD player. In addition to playing conventional CDs, the set can play MP3 files from CD-R and CD-RW for hours of audio enjoyment. The combo unit can also play home-recorded MPEG2 video that's been saved on a DVD-R using a Panasonic DVD-Video recorder.Home theater-ready, the PV-20D52 has an optical digital-audio output to help you enjoy surround sound audio. When it's connected to a Dolby Digital or DTS-decoding audio/video receiver and a six-channel speaker system, you'll enjoy exhilarating digital surround sound. The PV-20D52's two-line digital comb filter enhances resolution by removing blurred edges between colors and reducing dot crawl (tiny moving dots of color along a sharp color separation in a vertical line, as in a depiction of a character's striped T-shirt). Additionally, the DVD player offers fast, smooth-motion scan (in five speeds up to 100x), picture zoom, and auto switching field/frame still. Depending on the content of the disc, you can select from up to eight language soundtracks, 32 subtitle languages, and multiple camera angles.
A front-panel audio/video input (with composite- and S-video) affords easy hookup of camcorders, gaming consoles, or other devices. The unit includes an earphone jack, a sleep timer, on timer, and wake-up alarm. Onscreen icons and front-panel cursor keys and menu control make setup and operation simple. It also comes with built-in FM radio and a multibrand tower remote.
Finally, Panasonic has set up the PV-20D52 with Ready-to-Play: as soon as you plug it in, the combo automatically sets its own clock and local TV channels.
Customer Reviews:
Practical purchase.......2003-02-27
Panasonic pros: noticeably better picture, nicer remote, clean integration with the DVD player, built-in FM tuner, has (limited) channel labels, is name-brand, has nicer-looking black plastic cabinet.
Apex pros: lower price, flat screen picture tube, base/treble audio controls, S-video input.
You can download the product manuals from both manufacturers (the latter is at apexdigitalinc.com) and compare for yourself; like most consumer products, the manuals exist primarily to publish CYA disclaimers from the law firms of the manufacturers, not to actually help consumers.
A word about the channel labels in the Panasonic: there are 24 hard-coded labels from commonly-used stations like ABC, HBO, CNN. You have to first scan your cable for available channels, then you can associate a channel number for each of the labels. You can't define your own labels; you're out of luck if you want to label one of the lesser channels like FOOD, HGTV, E!, etc.; and 24 is a small number. This limitation, along with the lack of S-video connectors, leads me to believe this is an OLD Panasonic design. Still, when I went to Sears to check out the Apex, I found that its built-in menus lack channel labels entirely, and is even more bare-bones than this simple Panasonic set.
One other comment about this first generation of TV/DVD players: you can't play a CD or the FM tuner in the built-in unit while watching the TV. Bummer. I would like to be able to put in some music and perhaps watch the news (muted with closed-captions) and not have to listen to the TV's yammering. So it won't fully replace a CD player or stereo if you're hoping to do that (as I was, in an exercise room).
The Panasonic's audio-out is optical, which IMHO is a win over the Apex' coaxial audio-out. It seems that 5.1 receivers with multiple optical inputs are the wave of the future; I've only seen 1 or 2 coaxial inputs in most.
Bottom line: the Panasonic is a better unit but not better. And I'm surprised at the lack of S-video inputs.
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