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Breathe new life into your DVD collection with the DVP-NS700H in both black and silver. Enjoy your DVD collection now upscaled to 1080p via the HDMI connection. Plus with BRAVIA sync, you can easily power on and synch the inputs of compatible Sony AV devices connected to the players via HDMI for hassle-free enjoyment.

Technical Details

• 1080p Upscaling through HDMI™ Connection


• Precision Cinema Progressive™ Technology


• BRAVIA™ Sync


• High Resolution JPEG Output


• Precision Drive™ 3 System for Flaws in DVD Discs

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

Best of breed, April 11, 2008
By Samuel Chell

If all you're looking for is a DVD player, this newly released Sony is simply unbeatable. It replaces the popular, top-rated DVP-NS77, which is still available, but since Sony has lowered the price by about twenty bucks while retaining all of the specs of the NS77, there's little reason to look at another "upconverting," "upscaling" player unless it's a Blue Ray drive. This Sony provides a sharp and steady picture, is exceptionally trim and slim (a tad shallower than the NS77), and offers the user multiple options for adjustments to things like aspect ratio, image sharpness, contrast levels and black ratios, surround sound vs. normal stereo. The darn thing even comes with onboard music for home-made JPEG discs that lack it, and it controls most functions of a Sony TV.

Sony recorders are another story. As one of the Big 4 companies in the distribution of movies and CDs, Sony is notorious for not only issuing the usual legal threats but for engineering their recorders to reject copyrighted material. Those in the market for a DVD recorder might do better to check out the Toshiba DR410, which is priced so attractively it can be forgiven in the event it too balks at recording certain programs due to legal issues.

Why pay for Blu-ray?, April 16, 2008
By Deeperdarker

I went to a store to buy a Sony PS3, specifically for the Blu-ray playing capabilities. I wrestled with the high price ($400) for an hour, and ended up buying this Sony up-converting HDMI dvd for $75 instead, hoping that it would look ok. I plugged it in, put on "The Fellowship of The Ring" dvd and was floored by how good it looked. It made the standard definition dvd title look 95% like high definition. Having previously owned the XBox 360 HD-DVD player, I can tell you that the picture on my 52" 1080i Panasonic is identical in clarity and detail. Blu-Ray may be technically better, but for $325 less and an amazingly detailed, crisp picture, this Sony dvd player is a great deal!

Your Last DVD player ?, May 13, 2008
By Marvin Gozum

I recently reviewed the NS57 480p Sony, and its amazing they are nearly identical in function, making them easy to learn and use. All you need to do appreciate 1080p quality is to use the HDMI jack, and leave the rest to the player, automatically. With Blu-Ray now the higher level format, if this DVD player lasts 5 years, this could be the last DVD player you'll ever own as we await more Blu-Ray releases.

The only major difference between this Sony and the NS57 are the buttons are laid more to the top of the player, and the extra output jacks at back. The unit thus, is 1/4" wider in width.

Pros:

Sony has no trouble playing problem disks that plagued my other players. But, it also doesn't play a few disks my other players struggle to play.

Sony menu functions are very well integrated compared to the hodge-podge look of lesser brands making it easier to use this player without reading a manual.

Installation is very easy. The power cable is not removable. Just plug the HDMI jack into your TV and play as always.

The case is all black, with 4 buttons difficult to see against the black case. The DVD tray opens slower, but is quieter when it runs. The ELD display is far clearer and more informative about the status of the disk or the chapter playing.

Images, sharpness and colors are superb on default settings! Sony includes manual or preset image adjustments to maximize its output; aspect ratio can be forced to 16:9 or 4:3 or taken as automatic.

When powered ON, the Sony will resume playback from whence you stopped for up to 6 separate disks.

It has has on/off and volume control for TVs in the DVD remote.

Variable play from 1.4x to 0.5x speed, but with sound.

Sony has sound function that takes the basic output of 2 speakers and tries to emulate surround sound.

Sony will create thumbnails of each DVD chapter independent of the DVD menus. This helps quite a bit in home made DVDs that have no menus.

Cons:

Remote is well laid out, with similar function buttons set near each other but in opposite directions for opposite functions, i.e., rewind left, forward, right. However, like many el-cheapo DVD players, the buttons are too small and one cannot differentiate functions purely by feel. You have to gaze at the buttons to read the function.

All advanced functions are controlled by the remote, so its indispensable.

Although Sony explicitly mentions it has support for copy protection schemes built right into the data [ e.g. the video file or image, not just the disk], I have not yet encountered data that would not play.

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