Jeremy See.'s Review of Philips DVD-736K
22nd Sep 2002
Overall Rating
- Value for money
A lot of features... almost complete.
Bad Points
Not at this price.
General Comments
I used to play DVD on my Sony PS2 but, always having problems playing DVDs from other regions, I decided to buy a player. After doing 3 weeks survey, I found this Philips DVD736K DVD player really good value for money. I bought at RM 470 (which is around USD 120).
Everything is fine except the 2 channel downmix and the shadow part of the picture.
The 2 channel simulation or virtual surround mode output is small, you need to turn the volume over 50% to achieve a reasonable hearing level. But the 5.1 Ch is fine.
And it looks like Philips doesn't use a good picture decoding chip in this player, the darker parts especially the shadow will turn into patches rather than showing the details.
But what can I ask for more with this price? If I want to buy other player with similiar features, I probably have to pay 2~~3 times of the price.
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