Sony DVP-PQ1 PSYC DVD Player with MP3 Capability
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Manufacturer: Sony
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Used & new from $89.99List price $199.00
- Transportable DVD player with compact design
- Personalize with downloadable images from www.sony.com/psyc
- Dolby Digital and DTS output for great sound
- Supports DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, CD, CD-R, CD-RW, MP3
- Composite and S-video outputs
Product Description:
Agile enough to spin your movies and music, and small enough for your office, apartment, kitchen, or bedroom, Sony's MP3-friendly DVP-PQ1 Psyc-model DVD player brings healthy doses of style and convenience to your busy life. Play your favorite movies, your homemade music mixes, and even your DVD-based home videos on video-mode DVD-R/DVD-RW). The clear, fan-shaped cover on the player's lid opens to let you customize the player's appearance, and Sony provides a design sheet to get you started. You may also use your personal photos or images downloaded from www.sony.com/psyc. A choice of composite- and S-video jacks makes it easy to hook the player up with most televisions. And, at a mere 2.9 pounds, the DVP-PQ1 is also light enough for you to move it with ease between the living room and bedroom, between home and office, or between office and hotel or convention center. A set of left/right RCA analog-audio outputs channel audio to Dolby Pro Logic receivers and stereo televisions. Both Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel surround-sound signals can be routed through the player's coaxial digital-audio output (cable not supplied) for direct connection to a full-featured audio/video receiver. If you don't have a surround receiver or 5.1-channel speaker setup (front left, center, right, rear left/right, and subwoofer), you can still make every movie night a satisfying experience with the player's TVS (television virtual surround) settings, 4 different modes to simulate surround sound through any two speakers. (TVS is not active through the player's digital-audio output.) The DVP-PQ1 is designed to be used only in a horizontal (flat) position, and only with AC power (it is not battery-operable). What's in the Box DVD player, remote control, remote batteries, stereo analog audio interconnect/composite-video cable, a cosmetic design sheet, a user's manual, and warranty information.
Description from Manufacturer:Agile enough to spin your movies and music, and small enough for your office, apartment, kitchen, or bedroom, Sony's MP3-friendly DVP-PQ1 Psyc-model DVD player brings healthy doses of style and convenience to your busy life. Play your favorite movies, your homemade music mixes, and even your DVD-based home videos on video-mode DVD-R/DVD-RW). The clear, fan-shaped cover on the player's lid opens to let you customize the player's appearance, and Sony provides a design sheet to get you started. You may also use your personal photos or images downloaded from www.sony.com/psyc.A choice of composite- and S-video jacks makes it easy to hook the player up with most televisions. And, at a mere 2.9 pounds, the DVP-PQ1 is also light enough for you to move it with ease between the living room and bedroom, between home and office, or between office and hotel or convention center.
A set of left/right RCA analog-audio outputs channel audio to Dolby Pro Logic receivers and stereo televisions. Both Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel surround-sound signals can be routed through the player's coaxial digital-audio output (cable not supplied) for direct connection to a full-featured audio/video receiver.
If you don't have a surround receiver or 5.1-channel speaker setup (front left, center, right, rear left/right, and subwoofer), you can still make every movie night a satisfying experience with the player's TVS (television virtual surround) settings, 4 different modes to simulate surround sound through any two speakers. (TVS is not active through the player's digital-audio output.)
The DVP-PQ1 is designed to be used only in a horizontal (flat) position, and only with AC power (it is not battery-operable). What's in the Box
DVD player, remote control, remote batteries, stereo analog audio interconnect/composite-video cable, a cosmetic design sheet, a user's manual, and warranty information.Average Customer Rating: 
Comment: No problems, no complaints Rating:
Easily the best simple DVD player I've ever had, and no problems with any type of disc I put in it.
One earlier review complains that it's "sold as a portable, but it really isn't" etc. This seems to be the main complaint there. But it's NOT sold as a portable, it's advertised as being "transportable." No, you can't watch a thing sitting in the car or the bus or the train. But if you want to bring it with you on a trip and watch something in a hotel or a friend's house (assuming they don't have a player themselves), then it's pretty good. Small, compact, no muss, no fuss. (Clearly, some people need to read more carefully...or look at the picture...)
Comment: Very good, but not very portable Rating:
This is a very good dependable unit. It does a lot of things for a very small unit. My only complaint is that it is sold as a portable and it is not. It will only run on AC power, which means it must be plugged into the wall. The only thing portable about it is that it has a handle. If this unit had the ability to operate on DC power too, then it would be perfect.
Comment: Chic, Sleek and Functional Rating:
Why buy a plain silver box when you can have this little item? Just get used to the phrase: "*That's* your DVD player?!"
The functionality is just right for someone who isn't planning their living room around a gigantic home theatre. It plays DVDs and it plays them well. The CD player function is also good for people like me who don't necessarily have the space for a stereo as well as an AV setup. The slideshow feature for photo CDs has come in handy, too.
I have yet to run into the problem some people have had with SVCDs, but then again, this is not really an advanced machine. It does what it does, and it does it well. I rate it high because for someone like me, limited on space and with no need for supertechnology from my DVD player, it's perfect.
Posted at September 11, 2003 11:42 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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