RCA DRC612N 7" Portable DVD Player

RCA DRC612N 7

RCA DRC612N 7" Portable DVD Player
Manufacturer: RCA
Product Type: CE

Editorial Review:
Amazon.com Product Description
Seven inches: that's the diagonal width of the DRC612N's high-contrast, 16:9 aspect-ratio LCD viewing area. It may not seem like much, but the paperback-sized screen is shaped to fit the widescreen dimensions of your favorite films, and it lets you enjoy crisp, vivid images almost anywhere you go. This portable DVD player also offers compatibility with just about every optical disc format, from DVD-Video, DVD+R/RW, and DVD-R/RW to MP3 CD (including mp3-PRO files), WMA CD, and JPEG image CD. Enjoy movies and music through the player's built-in stereo speakers, or hook up a pair of optional headphones for private listening. The DRC612N also includes a DC car adapter for battery-free road listening and/or backseat video entertainment.

When you're at home, you can route Both Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel surround-sound signals through the player's optical digital-audio output for direct connection to a surround-decoding audio/video receiver (digital-audio interconnect not included). Composite- and S-video outputs simplify hookup with your home TV.

Playback features include MultiSpeed smooth scan and slow motion in forward and reverse, perfect still pictures, forward and reverse frame-by-frame advance and skip, aspect ratio selector (4:3, 16:9 and letterbox), screen fit, disc/track/program repeat on CD and mp3, and disc/title chapter/A-B repeat on DVD. You also get program play, random play, IntroScan, parental lock, and picture zoom.

The DRC612N comes with an AC adapter and a rechargeable lithium-ion battery that provides up to three hours of playback (power consumption depends on the operations of the player, such as screen brightness, volume level, etc). Other supplied accessories include an AC power adapter, a user's manual, and a credit-card-sized remote control.

What's in the Box
DVD player, remote control, remote battery, unit battery, AC power adapter, DC vehicle power adapter, a stereo analog/composite-video interconnect, an S-video interconnect, and a user's manual.

Average customer rating: 3.5

Monitor loses sync sporadically after 2 years of use
Excellent bang for the buck
An OK CRT
An OK CRT
Blurryness, Moire, Misconvergence

NEC MultiSync FE950 Totally Flat 19" Monitor (PC/Mac)

Manufacturer: NEC
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B00004Y74O

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Amazon.com Product Description

The NEC MultiSync FE950 monitor features NEC's totally flat aperture grille technology for an image with less glare, distortion, and reflection than similar models in this class. The FE950 is ideal for mainstream business and demanding home users.

With 18 inches of viewable screen real estate and a modified bulb design from previous NEC lines, the FE950 produces more than 300 percent brighter images than many comparable CRTs. The unit features a 0.25- to 0.27-millimeter variable grille pitch for a crisp picture. The recommended resolution for this model is 1,280 x 1,024 at 85 Hz--perfect for most applications. The next highest resolution--1,600 x 1,200--is supported at 76 Hz, making for a high resolution without any decipherable flicker. The supported modes go as high as 1,792 x 1,344 at 68 Hz.

All of the controls are on the front, providing easy push-button access to the monitor's onscreen menus (OSM). Through the OSM, you can control brightness, contrast, size, position, screen geometry, and even use the GlobalSync control to adjust for picture irregularities that are caused by the earth's magnetic field.

NEC offers optional IntelliBase base replacements for their FE series monitors. With this add-on, you can add USB connectivity, built-in sound, or both, to the FE950. The company backs the FE950 with a solid three-year limited parts and labor warranty. --Stephen W. Plain

Product Description

NEC Display Solutions didn't just modify the screens on its new MultiSync FE Series CRT monitors. It made them flat. Perfectly flat, to give you a distinct advantage over ordinary, curved-screen monitors. Yes, the image is noticeably clearer and more accurate. But they also drastically reduce glare and reflection for less user fatigue. One more difference - the value. These flat-screened CRT monitors deliver the quality you expect from the leading-edge technology of NEC? at a very affordable price.The MultiSync FE family offers five totally flat-screened monitors. One thing you'll find in common with every member of the MultiSync FE Series - the flat-screen clarity and reduced glare that make the computing experience more enjoyable than ever.

Customer Reviews:

Monitor loses sync sporadically after 2 years of use.......2004-02-25

After using this monitor for a couple of years, this monitor starts losing sync sporadically. The losing of sync is not caused by the video adapter as this happens with two difference video adapters.

Excellent bang for the buck.......2003-11-14

I've held 2 of these FE950s for around a year and a half now. Both display very crisp pictures. For gaming these are top knotch monitors. The standard resolution I run for desktops are 1280 x 1024 @ 32bit and 85hz. In games I usually run 1024 x 768 @ 32bit, mainly because of restrictions of my GeForce4ti 4600.

I have yet to have any issues with these monitors, I tote at least one to LAN Parties constantly, around once a month or more. I have abused these monitors to the utmost point and still they are going strong.

The only issue I have with them is the fact that they are very heavy... So if you are a LAN Party person you may look for a lighter monitor, but I've yet to have a problem with carrying it around.

Other than that they are very nice monitors.

An OK CRT.......2003-09-03

The FE950 is a decent monitor.
It takes too long to startup (slow charging) and takes forever to sync to a new resolution setting. It also takes forever to turn off.

The CRT coating is excellent as there's almost zero glare but the quality is lackluster. The text and graphics are NOT crisp and I find myself squinting to see graphics clearly.

Overall I would not give it a STRONG BUY rating but rather give it a OK BUY rating. If you find one on sale for dirt cheap prices, go for it.

An OK CRT.......2003-09-03

The FE950 is a decent monitor.
It takes too long to startup (slow charging) and takes forever to sync to a new resolution setting. It also takes forever to turn off.

The CRT coating is excellent as there's almost zero glare but the quality is lackluster. The text and graphics are NOT crisp and I find myself squinting to see graphics clearly.

Overall I would not give it a STRONG BUY rating but rather give it a OK BUY rating. If you find one on sale for dirt cheap prices, go for it.

Blurryness, Moire, Misconvergence.......2001-02-24

I bought this monitor a few weeks ago, and was very disappointed by the picture quality. I spent about 6 hours tweaking the controls, and using a utility called CheckScreen to test it, but was not able to get a satisfactory picture. Amazon, very nicely replaced the unit, but the new one has exactly the same problems as the old.

First, let me mention the good things about the monitor, because there are monitors out there that are worse than this one. Like the 17" FE700, it has very bright, rich, and contrasting colors that are uniform across the entire screen. (The ViewSonic GS790 in comparison, has poor uniformity). Also, the packaging looks very nice and the on-screen controls are easy to use.

However, there are some problems with the picture. There is a considerable amount of moire, which can't be gotten rid of with the moire adjustment. Moire is basically a pattern of vertical dark lines. This is especially visible on the hatched shut down screen in windows, or if you use a monitor test utility. There is a slight horizontal vibration in the picture which seems to be helped, but not completely cancelled by the moire adjustments. There is slight misconvergence in the red, green and blue beams. Possibly due to the misconvergence, in the area within 2" from each edge of the screen, the picture is blurry while in the center it is very sharp. Lowering brightness and contrast does seem to help a bit.

If you use this monitor for playing games and watching DVDs, you will probably not be bothered by any of the blurryness, but if you spend a lot of time each day looking at text, I would reccomend getting another monitor. If you do a lot of tweaking, you might end up happy with the monitor, but there are definitely beter ones out there. I sent back the second FE950 and exchanged it with the Sony E400 which has a much clearer picture and is good in every other respect....

Sincerely, Ilya Rosenberg

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