Panasonic DVD-RV32K DVD Player (Black)

Panasonic DVD-RV32K DVD Player (Black)
Manufacturer: Panasonic
Product Type: CE

Editorial Review:
Product Description
It's a digital world. A world where sound surrounds you and pictures dazzle the imagination. It's a world where the excitement of the movies is captured and brought to life on a simple five-inch disc - the size of a CD. Welcome to the incredible world of DVD. As a leader in digital technology, Panasonic made possible and forever changed the face of home theatre. Panasonic has packed big-screen excitement into the world's smallest and lightest DVD players. Come and experience the ultimate in home theater entertainment.With great features and newly redesigned cosmetics, the DVD-RV32K is an extraordinary value. It includes the popular combination of features known as A-B-C-D - which stands for Advanced Virtual Surround Sound, Bass Plus, Cinema Mode and Dialogue Enhancer - all designed to improve the movie viewing experience. One-touch preset buttons for each of the A-B-C-D features are found on the front panel. The DVD-RV32K's twin laser pickup flawlessly plays through the microscopic disc defects and layer changes that often cause budget players to stumble. The high-resolution audio D/A converter will make your CDs sound great, and the DVD-RV32K also plays CD-Rs, CD-RWs, plus MP3 and WMA files burned to CD-R/RWs.
Amazon.com Product Description
The Panasonic DVD-RV32K DVD player plays DVD-Video, DVD-R, Video CD, CD, CD-R/RW, MP3, and WMA formatted media. It features A, B, C, D functions, which stand for Advanced Surround (V.S.S.), Bass Plus, Cinema Mode, and Dialogue Enhancer, for enhancing the home theater experience. Advanced Surround (V.S.S.) simulates a surround-sound effect using only the front two speakers, so you can enjoy Dolby Digital 5.1 channel discs without an elaborate home theater system. Additionally, the Bass Plus output enables a two-channel setup when you connect an optional subwoofer to your system, so you can get great, realistic home theater sound. Cinema Mode allows clear, bright colors and enhances the color in darker scenes by automatically adjusting picture contrast. The Dialogue Enhancer lets you hear clear dialogue from the center channel over other sound channels. All functions are on the front panel of the DVD player for easy access and control.

The DVD-RV32K also features Optical Digital Output for Dolby Digital (AC3) and DTS external decoder, Variable Zoom Function, Hi-Speed Smooth Scan (up to x200), a Progress Indicator, and Quick Replay, which allows you to jump back 7-10 seconds during playback. It includes S-Video, subwoofer, and video outputs, and comes with a standard remote control.

Average customer rating: 4.0

Ghost image makes the black text too grey
.24 dpi not acceptable? don't know what he is talking about?
A bit pricey, but a great value
Bad serivice, high price and DPI
Fantastic Sony quality!

Sony CPD-G400 19" CRT Monitor

Manufacturer: Sony
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B00004YNSJ

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Product Description

The Multiscan CPD-G400 19-inch (18.0-inch viewable) display is ideal for the demanding corporate professional who requires extra screen space and exceptional image performance, without sacrificing value or reliability. The CPD-G400 is perfect for everything from spreadsheets to finely detailed graphic presentations. The virtually flat, high-resolution FD Trinitron CRT - with a tight aperture grille pitch - delivers superior image clarity and truer, brighter colors. And, with Sony's HiDensity Electron Gun with Enhanced Elliptical Correction System technology, the display's clarity and color are consistent from corner to corner. To provide superior contrast and grayscale performance, the CPD-G400 screen features a high-contrast black coating. This coating, coupled with the display's vertically flat screen, also helps cut glare and washout caused by ambient light. And that reduces eyestrain. Sony's DisplayMouse menu control makes this premier corporate display one of the easiest to set up, adjust and troubleshoot. Users can quickly take advantage of everything the CPD-G400 has to offer. Finally, Accurate Image Restoration ensures this Trinitron display continues to deliver superior image quality for years to come, maximizing technology investments.

Amazon.com Product Description

Designed for the corporate professional but sporting a price tag for the rest of us, the Sony CDP-G400 19-inch CRT (cathode-ray tube) monitor provides enough value to leave even the most demanding user satisfied. With features like onscreen controls, Enhanced Elliptical Correction System (for corner-to-corner image quality), and a high-contrast, antiglare screen coating, the G400 will have home users thrilled with the quality and leave the corporate types grinning over the savings.

With an 18-inch virtually flat screen, the G400 (for Mac and PC) also boasts a 1,800 x 1,440 maximum resolution, 0.24-to-0.25-millimeter variable dot pitch, and high 120 Hz maximum refresh rate for lower resolutions. The result is image quality that's more common in more expensive monitors. What's more, the G400's Accurate Image Restoration feature restores factory brightness and color settings, ensuring image quality down the road. With all of this, plus a three-year limited warranty, the G400 gives you some bang for your buck.

Customer Reviews:

Ghost image makes the black text too grey.......2002-03-03

especially when the background is white. Very high eye strain at any refresh rate, guess due to the ghost image problem (eyes try to get a better focus on an unfocused screen).

.24 dpi not acceptable? don't know what he is talking about?.......2001-12-08

I don't personally own this monitor, I have seen it, and it is an impressive monitor. The person who rated this monitor so poorly down there who said that .24 dpi is not acceptable obviously is missing some details, because I've always heard that the human eye doesn't distinguish between anything less than .25dpi....

I have heard similar complaints about customer service from owner's of Sony monitors on other websites, so if by chance your monitor does have a problem, you may be without a monitor for a couple weeks while sony fixes it.....

A bit pricey, but a great value.......2001-11-04

My beloved six year old NEC 21" monitor was finally giving up the ghost. We had spent so much quality time together. It started with me in a Mac only environment. It moved with me to PC and Unix machines. I dreaded the task of finding another display with the same quality, and doing so on a budget much smaller than the one six years ago.

After a few weeks with the G400 I'm now thrilled that the old monitor is gone. Yes, it's a 19", not a 21"... I can't tell. The higher scan rates and overall quality makes for a much sharper display at screen resolutions higher than I would ever attempt on my late monitor. Screen flicker is modest at even high resolutions (1600x1200)

The truly flat display tube was a bit odd a first. Having worked with curves screens all my life I'd adapted to their distortions. The display is crisp and flat to the very edges of the tube. Now, going back to standard curved displays is jarring.

The video control (centering, contrast, brightness, etc.) takes some experimentation and is probably the weakest piece of plastic on the monitor. But after your initial setup you shouldn't need to use it often.

Since I work with multiple machines the dual video inputs with a switch located on the front of the display was a big plus. The machine also includes a Mac adapter. Note: the monitor comes with one video cable. If you're attaching another machine (PC or Mac) you will need another.

Anyone planning on a 21" display might wish to consider saving themselves a significant amount of money with the G400. Because size isn't everything. :)

Bad serivice, high price and DPI.......2001-05-31

I've purchased this monitor in January 2001. My opinion is that:

.24 dpi is not acceptable dot pitch (images are 'grainy' with higher dpi). .24 dpi is VISIBLE even if all you plan to do is word processing. Of course if you are switching from a .28 dpi 14" monitor G400 would look to you as a technical marvel.

Warranty warning for this unit:

After a few hours of troubleshooting the monitor Sony tech support informed me that the monitor isn't properly shielded and that I'll have to send the monitor to them for repair. Sony sent me ...a defective unit and I was forced to pay for shipping this 68 pound monitor to TX! and that wasn't enough, the monitor wasn't replaced! Instead they've sent me 'repaired' unit... after 3 weeks!

We had 2 monitors going bad before at our company and ViewSonic, Toshiba ... sent us replacments (after we returned the dead monitors), no questions asked. I would expect similar if not better service from the respectable company like Sony.

Don't buy this monitor!

JP, Graphic designer in FL

Fantastic Sony quality!.......2001-03-23

I've spent weeks examining every high-end 19" monitor I could get my hands on. I've talked to the manufacturers directly, I've poured over Internet reviews, I've put monitors on several different machines with different video cards in different lighting situations, etc, etc, etc...

The only thing I don't understand is why there's even any question which is the best! Sony is without a doubt better than NEC, Mitsubishi, LG, etc, etc... All aperture-grille monitors have problems with vertical "smudginess" on fine text detail, but Sony's is so minimal it's unnoticeable. All other monitors were very blurry and fuzzy compared to the text clarity on the Sony. Also the colors are uniform, saturated, and "silky" compared to other monitors - especially shadow mask monitors.

What's not to like? Three thumbs up!

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