High-end video performance can be yours with Sony’s affordable, progressive-scan DVP-NS725P DVD player. The versatile unit plays just about any disc out there–including DVD-Video, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, and DVD+RW–and also plays hours of music from MP3 files burned to CD-R/CD-RW discs. Whether your living room is currently home to an HDTV or you’re merely thinking of “someday,” the DVP-NS725P stands ready to deliver the full potential of your DVDs through Sony’s Precision Cinema Progressive de-interlacer (scanning) with 3:2 pulldown processing. Progressive scanning, referred to as 480p for the number of horizontal lines that compose the video image, creates a picture using twice the scan lines of a conventional DVD picture, giving you higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts. DVD mastering introduces a common distortion when adjusting 24-frames-per-second movies to 30 fps video; 3:2 pulldown digitally corrects this distortion, removing the redundant information to display a film-frame-accurate picture. Composite- and S-video outputs bring compatibility with nearly any television. Both Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel surround-sound signals can also be routed through the player’s digital-audio outputs (one each of RCA coaxial and Toslink optical) for a simpler connection to a compatible AV receiver (digital-audio interconnects are not supplied). Precision Drive 2 provides a mechanism for reading DVDs that are in less-than-perfect condition, eliminating errors in playback due to imperfect, scratched, or warped discs. DVD resume memory kicks in whenever you stop a DVD. Later, when you come back to it, the player will pick up right where you left off before. The player holds resume points for up to 40 discs. Other playback options include 10-second instant replay, quick setup, DVD/CD Text, a digital video enhancer, digital video EQ (equalization), custom parental control memory for 40 discs, Advanced SmoothS (more…)
1.0 out of 5 stars
The NS725P is junk.
After a few months, it starts to make noises and will say “Cannot Play Disc” on disks that play just fine in my other DVD player and on my desktop and laptop computers.
4.0 out of 5 stars
SONY DVD
THE SONY DVD IS A VERY EXCELLANT MACHINE.THE PICTURE IT SENDS IS VERY SHARP AND CLEAR.I AM VERY HAPPY WITH THE PRODUCT.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Four years and still running
In progressive mode, the quality of picture form this DVD player approximates the quality of a high-definition player.
5.0 out of 5 stars
All-Star Performance!
After reading different personal-user reviews on many different products, specifically Sony brand, I decided to read the reviews on a product I have that I bought, which is this…
5.0 out of 5 stars
Worked great for 3 years
GREAT DVD player for the last 3 years! Up until this morning it worked flawlessly with no complaints.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Works great 2 1/2 years after purchase
I bought this player when I bought my WEGA flat screen led tv. It has worked flawlessly every time I have used it.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Died abruptly
I bought this player new about 18 months ago. It worked well up until last week, when it abruptly stopped reading all dvd’s you place in it.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Plays great … for a while.
I’ve owned and used this Sony DVP-NS725P DVD player for almost 18 months now. I bought it in spite of several negative comments about the general degradation in reliability of…
2.0 out of 5 stars
Sony doesn’t stand for quality anymore
I previously bought almost nothing but sony brands for all my electronics, but I think that is going to change.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Another Negative — Don’t Buy Sony!
I bought the DVPNS50P, the mid-level player of which this appear to be the replacement. I chose the Sony rather than a cheaper brand since I believed Sony to be reliable, and…