Panasonic DVD-RV31K DVD Player, Black Review

Average Reviews:

(More customer reviews)The good?
- Superb picture and sound
- Plays everything: DVD, CD, VCD, XVCD, MP3, CD-R, CD-RW
- Supports MP3 CBR and VBR
- Quick loading mechanism
- Front panel (display and controls) is fairly complete
- Supports black level expansion
- Brightness, contrast, and color adjustments
- S-Video, component, optical, and subwoofer connections
- Icon based menu system is very polished

The bad?
- Feels cheap, especially the remote
- Cannot play SVCD or XSVCD
- No coax digital out
- Surround sound, dialogue and bass enhancers, and cinema mode are useless
- MP3 player has NO features

The MP3 player does not display filenames! Any directory structure that exists will get flattened. You'll get to know your songs by number... "1 of 122" or "24 of 122" etc. Programmed or random play would make things better, but unfortunately, those features are not supported during MP3 playback.
The bottom line?
If you watch DVDs most of the time and occasionally listen to MP3s, then the Panasonic RK31 is highly recommended!

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Panasonic's DVD-RV31K DVD-video player delivers a combination of qualityvideo and special features usually found only in more expensive players, if atall. Among many other features, the DVD-RV31K offers MP3 playback, robustconnectivity, and an advanced version of Panasonic's simulated surround soundwith proprietary Bass Plus technology and a dedicated subwoofer output.
This unit's state-of-the-art component-video outputs allow for digital videotransmission to compatible video equipment. It also offers standardcomposite-video outputs and an S-video output. A built-in 27 MHz/10-bitdigital-to-analog video converter maximizes picture quality from these outputs,while brightness, color, and contrast controls let you fine-tune picturequality.
A digital-cinema mode illuminates the picture and fine-tunes color, even inlow-light scenes. Additional video features include one-touch cinema memory,freeze frame, frame advance, and black-level controls.
An optical digital-audio output channels a bit stream for DTS and Dolby Digitalsurround sound, fostering glorious home theater sound when decoded with anappropriate surround receiver.
Advanced Virtual Surround Sound simulates a surround effect using only your twofront speakers. Furthermore, the DVD-RV31K's dialogue enhancer pumps up thecenter-channel output to emphasize a movie's spoken audio. A 96 kHz/24-bitdigital-to-analog audio converter and dynamic-range compression (for late-nightviewing) complete the DVD-RV31K's robust audio arsenal.
If you're not quite ready for 5.1-channel audio but already have a poweredsubwoofer, you'll appreciate the versatility of this player's discrete subwooferoutput. The DVD-RV31K's pair of analog-audio stereo outputs along with itssubwoofer output simulate theatrical sound by setting up a two-channel-plus-bassoutput that sends all low-frequency information to your subwoofer.
A built-in stabilizer and twin-laser pickup offers improved playability with theDVD-RV31K. Playback formats include DVD-video, Video CD, audio CD, MP3-encodedCD, CD-R, and CD-RW. (Please note, however, that MP3 playback may vary dependingon the content and disc type used.)For your viewing convenience, Panasonic's high-speed scan comes with fivespeeds, and the player also offers chapter preview, updated onscreen menu icons,a front-panel jog-shuttle dial, and a multibrand remote control.Panasonic's DVD-RV31K comes in black and is Energy Star compliant. This model iscovered by a warranty for a year on parts, 90 days on labor.

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