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| Panasonic DVD-S53S Up-Converting 1080p DVD Player Silver | 
| Brand: Panasonic
Category: CE
This item is no longer available
Avg. Customer Rating:  (18 reviews)
Sales Rank: 18119
Color: Silver
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries: 2
Batteries Included: Yes
Warranty: 1 Year Parts, 90 Day Labor Limited Warranty
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.4
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 17 x 1.7
MPN: DVD-S53S
Model: DVD-S53S
UPC: 037988254897
EAN: 0037988254897
ASIN: B000O3N71W
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| Features:
| • | 720p output | | • | Up-conversion to 1080i | | • | Supports DVD Audio (5.1) | | • | Dolby Digital and DTS decoders | | • | Plays DVD-R, CD-R & CD-RW; MP3, WMA, JPEG & MPEG4 playback with on-screen navigator |
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Product Description
The DVD-S53 features a 1080p up-conversion function that converts standard definition (720 x 480 pixels) images from DVD sources to high definition (1920 x 1080 pixels) images. These up-converted signals draw out the maximum performance of an HDMI-compatible 1080p HDTV, giving you vivid, sharp and exceptionally detailed HD resolution images. And unlike ordinary video up-converters that produce images with thicker edges and decreased sharpness, the HD Enhancer keeps the edges sharp while correcting other parts of the image to produce clear, crisp pictures with outstanding detail.EZ Sync HDAVI Control, which lets you operate all of your home theater components by pressing a single button, is now more convenient than ever.Incredibly versatile and multi-format-friendly, this DVD player can play back just about any DVD or CD you can throw at it.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 13 more reviews...
 Does what it says and great deal February 11, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Plays everything ive thrown at it so far. Quality is nice. The remote is user friendly. Only thing is that I cant seem to change my display from 480p to 720p or 1080i.. my 32" westinghouse lcd can display up 1080i resolution too.. Other than that great player
 Panasonic DVD Player S53S January 2, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Player was delivered in a timely manner. The player is everything they said it was. I have purchased many Panasonic products in the past and have yet to be disappointed.
It plays MP3's on DVD's, I don't care about video December 28, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is Panasonic's only DVD player that can play MP3's on DVD's. All the others (and all the units I happened to see from other manufacturers) play MP3's only on CD-R/RW's. Being Panasonic, it also plays DVD-RAM's which I want because I use DVD-RAM's on my PC a lot (most people just don't seem to understand why DVD-RAMs are so useful). The low price is nice but honestly I would pay twice that or more for the audio playing capabilities.
 Fine product but do not expect a miracle October 15, 2007
I bought this DVD player to feed some HD signal to my newly purchased HDTV since I was not ready to spend close to $500 for a bluray player even though it looked pretty clear bluray would not be on the losing side of the format war (maybe universal players win in the end).
The set-up of the S53S is pretty complicated and made worse by the fact that they give you many choices but do not tell you what they are supposed to do in the manual. I had two DVD players already, one standalone and the other built-in the home theater system. Both have progressive scan (convert 480i standard signal to 480P). Because my HDMI cables arrived a couple of days after the S53S, using component cables, I first compared the 480P images from my old players with the S53S. The S53S is much worse. After I received the HDMI cable and 30 minutes of "tuning", it was still a little hard to convince myself that the 1080P image from S53S was really better than the 480P from my old players. The last straw was when I discovered my home theater (also a panasonic) had an HDMI output, and once I connected it, I was amazed to realize that my home theater was capable of doing 1080i conversion already and there was definitely no difference between the 1080P from the S53S and the 1080i from the home theater. I eneded up returning the product.
Bottom line is, take a hard look at what you already have and maybe enable the 480P (or higher) before purchasing. If there is no DVD player that does any up-conversion, this is a good unit to own. Otherwise, you should bear in mind that the up-converted signal is still nowhere near real HD signal. Also, get the HDMI cable. It is less than 10 bucks if you browse Amazon for market place sellers. I do not understand why some people suggest to get a "gold plated" one. HDMI cable is used to transfer digital AV signals and for digital product, the product either works (passes all the "1" and "0"s correctly) or simply does not work (messes up the "1" and "0"s), there is no such thing as noise, degradation, etc any more.
 Okay player, don't expect a miracle September 16, 2007
4 out of 9 found this review helpful
I bought this DVD player at Circuit City earlier this yr for about a $100. I hooked it up to a 47" Vizio LCD (which by the way has an awesome picture) using a HDMI cable. After fine tuning this product, I was very, very, very diasppointed. The picture was very "grainy" (lots of pixels). I have a $35 DVD player that only utilizes an s-video cable that produces a much more crisp picture. Be warned, the picture stinks.
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