Panasonic DVD-F87K 5-Disc HD-Compatible DVD/CD Player (Black)

Panasonic DVD-F87K 5-Disc HD-Compatible DVD/CD Player (Black)
Manufacturer: Panasonic
Product Type: CE

Editorial Review:
Product Description
PANASONIC DVDF87 -- This all-purpose 5-Disc Changer displays DVD video on virtually any TV, includes Progressive Scan outputs for optimized display on most better recent model TVs. 54MHz / 10-bit Video D/A Converter Picture Modes - Normal, Cinema1, Cinema2, Animation, Dynamic Picture Control (Brightness, Color, Contrast, Sharpness, Gamma Correction) Monitor Select for optimum picture quality according to monitor type Black level control Multi Re-Master for higher quality audio reproduction 8-channel 192kHz / 24-bit Audio D/A converter Audio Only function protects noise from video circuitry Built-in DTS & Dolby Digital Decoder with speaker setting Dolby Surround Pro Logic II Sequential CD playback Twin Laser Pickup for DVD / CD playback Easy-to-operate one-touch remote control ENERGY STAR Qualified Finish - Black
Amazon.com Product Description
The Panasonic DVD-F87K five-disc DVD changer offers progressive-scan playback, Dolby Digital and DTS Surround Sound compatibility, and a slim design that makes it a perfect fit for any entertainment system. Other features include compatibility with DVD Audio, DVD-RAM, DVD-R, and CD-R/RW discs, as well as MP3 and WMA digital audio playback. This model also comes with a silver finish.

The five-disc changer allows you to keep up to five discs of any format in your player at the same time. A front-loading rotary carousel lets you change any of the four not-playing discs without disturbing what you're watching or listening to. The Audio/JPEG onscreen navigation menu enables you to quickly search for MP3 and WMA audio files or view JPEG images recorded onto CD-R and CD-RW discs via an onscreen menu. This feature also works with CD-R discs that feature multisession recordings.

The HighMAT (High-Performance Media Access Technology) feature, codeveloped with Microsoft, is a digital-media standard that provides a dramatically improved method of storing, arranging, and playing back personal digital photo, music, and video collections on recordable discs such as CD-RW media.

Panasonic's Depth Enhancer noise-reduction feature only processes an image's background, helping to leave the delicate details of the main subject intact and providing sharp images with incredible depth. The DVD-F87S uses a 54 MHz/10-bit video digital-to-analog converter, which reduces digital artifacts to give you a better picture.

When you play DVD movies encoded with DTS or Dolby Digital soundtracks, the built-in decoder processes all six channels of audio information (left front, right front, center, left-surround, right-surround, and low-frequency effects) without the need for an external decoder, and with the right audio components, lets you enjoy the amazing fidelity of discrete 5.1-channel surround sound. The decoder also allows you to control speaker configuration.

Other features include picture control (brightness, color, contrast, gamma correction, and sharpness), disc program play, and disc random play.

Tech Talk
Progressive scan: Progressive scanning, otherwise known as 480p ("p" for "progressive"), creates a picture signal with double the scan lines of a conventional interlaced picture, or 480i, to create a noticeably sharper image. Standard DVD-Video players use interlaced scanning to produce a picture. Interlaced scanning combines two fields to generate a picture of 525 scan lines (480 of which are displayed). Your television projects an interlaced image by first scanning the 240 odd-numbered lines of one field (in 1/60th of a second), followed by the 240 even-numbered lines of the other field (in 1/60th of a second). A progressive video processor enables all 525 lines (480 of which are displayed) to be scanned at the exact same time. A television with 480p component inputs can completely scan the entire image in 1/60th of a second, so it only takes one field to build one frame of video.

What's in the Box
Panasonic DVD-F87K 5-disc changer, remote control, 2 AA batteries, AC power cord, composite A/V (RCA) cable, and printed operating instructions.

Average customer rating: 4.0

IT'S NOT GRAY . . .
It's OEM!
does the trick
It works, it's cheap -- what more do you want?
Quality product, but a little expensive for a floppy drive.

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TEAC FD235HFA240/S 3.5" 1.44MB Gray Floppy Drive Internal

Manufacturer: TEAC
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B00000JI4F

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Product Description

Teac has produced and sold more floppy drives than any other company in the world, building a reputation for high quality and reliability. If you are looking to replace your floppy drive or are building your own system, Teac provides just what you need with their inexpensive floppy drive.

Customer Reviews:

IT'S NOT GRAY . . ........2002-07-20

. . . it's beige. Like an ancient IBM PC-AT drive. If you're thinking you can order this and get something that will match a aluminum Lian Li case, a Shuttle SV24/25, etc., forget about it.

In all other respects, it's just your basic floppy disk drive. As someone else noted, it's an OEM drive, not a retail-packaged product. I don't know why it's priced as high as it is.

It's OEM!.......2002-03-01

I thought for the price it would be a complete kit. It's OEM! It's just a bare drive, no cable, no driver, manual - nothing. If you know what you're doing or are replacing an old floppy it'll do, but you can find bare drives for a much much cheaper price elsewhere. They should put that it's OEM in the description.

does the trick.......2001-12-11

My original floppy was giving me grief, and so I bought this one, based on its low cost and decent customer reviews. Installation was me-proof (pretty high standard of simpleness), and the drive works great.

It works, it's cheap -- what more do you want?.......2001-07-01

I was having sporadic problems with my old floppy drive (also a Teac) so, suspecting the problem was with the drive itself, rather than the motherboard, controller, cable, driver, etc., I went ahead and bought this one from Amazon.... Well, it installed without a hitch, and now works flawlessly. File transfers are somehow much, much faster -- faster than with my drive at work, and especially compared to my old drive. Funny that floppy drives don't carry X speed ratings like CD-ROMS -- if they did this one might be an "8X".

Quality product, but a little expensive for a floppy drive........2001-04-27

You can probably get a floppy drive elsewhere or of a different make, but at least with the TEAC here, you're not going to run into any problems. In my experience, I've never had a problem with my TEAC drives (and I can actually say that some of my other drives HAVE died on me).

Get it for peace of mind.

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