Sylvania NB530SLX Blu-Ray

Full 1080p HD playback

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Deep Color processing

•BonusViewProle1.1forpicture-in-picturebonus•featuresoncompatiblediscsCompatiblewithBDVideo,BD-RE(Single/Dual),•BD-R(Single/Dual),DVDVideo,DVD-R/RW,CD-R/RW,AudioCD,DTS-CD,andHDJPEGFormatsCompatiblewithDolbyDigital,DolbyDigitalPlus,•DolbyDigitalLossless,DolbyTrueHD,DTS,DTSHD,andLinearPCMAudioFormats

Inthisweek’sissue,

Amplifed Analytics

analyzesoneofthehottestconsumerelectronicsseg-ments--DVD/Blu-Rayplayers.Throughtheuseofouron-line,analysisalgorithms,wedrilleddowninto6,482consumerproductratingsof303DVDandBlu-Raydevicestondoutwho’sthebest.In-terestinglyenough,ofthe303productsevaluated,portableDVDandstationaryBlu-RaydeviceshadthehighestoverallCustomerServiceRatings.Asexpected,theBlu-Rayplayerswereratedbyusersasbeingmorereliableandhavingahigherleveloffunctionality.

Panasonic DVD-S52S

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

OurresultsshowthatSylvania,SonyandPanasonicaretheclearleadersintheBlu-Raydeviceclasswith9ofthetop10productsbelongingtothesethreevendors.SylvanialeadsthepackwiththeNB530SLXinthenumberonespot.ThehighestratedDVDplayerforthehomewasthePanasonicDVD-S52S.Whencomparedtotheirportablecounterparts,thehomeDVDplayersdon’thavethesamelevelofcustomerstatisfaction(about10%less).Acrosstheboard,customersofthisclassofproductwerefoundtobeunimpressedwiththefunctionalityoftheseproducts,aswellasunhappywiththeirreliability.Importanttonotethatthesupportratingforallproductsreviewedwaspoor(50%orless).ThiscouldbeduetothechallengesfacedwithhookingthemuptoTVswithotherdevicesattached.