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User Submitted Panasonic DVD-S54K 1080p Upconverting DVD Player Reviews Date: 2009-11-17 Bad product This DVD player had terrible quality, the picture was very grainy and after trying several different ways of hooking it up, it never got any better. Date: 2009-10-20 great buy for the price I liked the ease of use of the dvd with my Panasonic plasma tv. It automatically connected dvd to the hdmi it was hooked to without going to a menu box.Picture quality was excellent and it was very easy to use. I would recommend this product as a great buy for the price.bws Date: 2009-09-11 Great player I guess there may be better machines available, but for the price this does everything it's suppose to do and does it very well. I would recommend this player to my friends. Date: 2009-07-21 Amazing buy, but it has a quirk... This dvd player is a great find for the money. I will be honest and say that I am legally blind, so I cannot comment on the picture quality it provides. However, others have remarked on how beautiful the images are. So, I assume it's upconversion is of high quality. It also plays all of my dvds without any problem. One crucial note on this, however. It seems to want to play dvds upside down. I have noticed when putting in dvds with the painted or decorated side up, it comes up with an error message and it will not play. Then I flip the dvd upside down and it plays with no difficulty. Even stranger, it does not doe this with all my discs. It appears to play movies either right-side up or upside down, depending on the dvd. Specifically, it does this with my remastered box set of Star Trek:TOS dvds. I'm not sure why the player does this; it makes no sense. If anyone knows why, add a comment explaining it. However, I have had no problems playing my store bought dvd collection. The initial setup of the player is simple too, as it asks a few questions about your system and then all is done and the player is ready to go. In short, I love this dvd player. For the low price tag it is more that worth it. Date: 2009-07-09 OK Player, Except Will Not Properly Up-Convert to 1080p I just bought one to replace an older, but much better, Panasonic DVD-S97. This S54 player requires a lot of settings to up-convert to a new LCD 1080p TV using HDMI cable. Unfortunately, with all the correct settings, it will not up-convert -- the picture looks like 480p, not 1080p. Using the same TV, cable, DVD disc, my old Panasonic S97 player displays a gorgeous up-converted picture, compared to the S54. Panasonic doesn't seem to care either. Their profits will come from selling Blu-Ray, guess they don't much care about the quality of this 'transitional' DVD player. Don't buy the S54 if you expect up-conversion to a 1080p LCD TV. I also have an older Toshiba DVD recorder/player connected to the same TV, it up-converts perfectly. * Price is subject to change. |
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