Best DVD player iwth USB
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Anurag , I have used a philips upscaling player before. That one also had slot load functionality. I did not like it. In LG the blacks are blacker ass compared to my old phillips. When i bought LG phillips 5996 was not there in the market , I could not wait for it so I went ahead with the LG and no regrets till date.
For the Pal/NTSC thingy which LCD do you have ?
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Will second illusion on the same, i also got a LG dv388, have been using it from last 3 months, till date have not faced any issues, i watch all content upscaled through HDMI connecting to my plasma and have not faced any issues till date
Even I got DV388 only bcoz philips wasnt available.
I had made a huuuuge hue and cry over the PAL/NTSC thing of LG DV388 on this topic itself (browse 10-15pages before this one to check).
Now let me clear this once and for all.
Observation - LG DV388 does NOT have the "AUTO" mode when it comes to NTSC/PAL. So ideally, you need to check when you're playing PAL and when you aren't, and change the modes accordingly. This can get very very very annoying.
Fact - PAL/NTSC i an analog concept. Since the advent of HD, everything about PAL/NTSC have become quite obsolete. If you plan to use HDMI cable to connect your LCD and DVD player, you dont need to worry about PAL and NTSC at all.
I had called LG customer care people millions of times at home, senior executives, technicians, everyone came and nobody could resolve why the Auto mode wasnt there.
Now, I'll tell WHY its not there. And believe me, very few people know about this.
LG has a special tie up with some manufacturers regarding a setting called "BLE". Now what is that? That is Black Level Enchancer. Again, what is that? It enhances the contrast of your video signal so that you can get better Black levels. Unfortuantely, the BLE works only on the NTSC mode and not on PAL (BLE can be enabled from the Setup menu). So, its expected of you to keep the settings of LG DV388 in NTSC mode as default. It will convert all PAL sources into NTSC.
And, here's another observation. The "PAL to NTSC" converter of LG DV388 is better than the "NTSC to PAL" converter. The latter produces freezing and jerking of videos while the former doesn't. So it makes sense to keep your settings to NTSC.
I have found, that many 5996 users, who actually test their dvd players to the threshold, have complained that Upscaling isnt all that good in 5996. That maybe true, bcoz I know for a fact that as a chipset, LG currently uses a better one.
One more thing, LG DV388 unlike 5996, doen't have HDMI CEC. Now that isnt a problem at all, bcoz most common LCDs dont have the CEC function. But to supplement it, LG has a really cool remote which does most of the work, including switching on the TV set etc.
PHLIPS 5996 IS USB 2.0 AND DIVX 6 COMPLIANT. LG DV 388 IS USB 1.1 AND DIVX 3.0 COMPLIANT. So if you play videos of DivX 6 you WOULD be able to play it, but you WONT be able to Fast Forward it. Thats the point.
However DV388 has full range of Xvid support. And since we use Xvid more often than DivX, i dont think the absence of DivX 6 would be a problem.
LG DV388 has co-axial as well as optical output, unlike Philips which lacks optical.
LG doesnt have updates where Philips gets updates for its dvd players once in every 8 months.
Gr8 going there. I will definitely give it a try today.
Ok let me try to help you here .
Many a times it is not possible to take a side by side demo of two dvd players. In that case what I would suggest is one should make sure of essentially two things :-
1) The size of the LCD that is 40" , 42"' ....etc . So if ur LCD is 40" then take all demos on a 40". I know diff brands do make a diff even in the same size but I guess we will have to live with that. If they have the same brand and size as yours then nothing like it
!!! In that case a small "+" , " -" such as 42" instead of 40" will also do. 2) The distance at which you stand from the Telly. The closer you stand the more blocks would will notice especially in case of AVI movies. So now you would ask is how far exactly should one one stand ? I will advise you is to measure your viewing distance at home and stand at the same distance while taking a demo.
anm
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These days, no one at stores bothers to give a dvd player demo.
This is not entirely true.
NTSC and PAL/SECAM standards were introduced during the days of your cathode ray tube. They use the FIELD concept as against a movie film's concept of displaying a complete frame. Because of this fundamental difference in display methodology, all TV system (receivers, transmitters, cameras) use 'Frame Rate' as a primary foundation.
Though a digital TV can display a full image, the Frame Rate video standard, is still the foundation of the new Digital TV and HDTV standards. In both analogue and digital TVs images are displayed as frames. But there are some very basic differences.
How Frames Are Displayed in Analogue
Till some time ago we used to see TV using what is called a cathode ray tube (CRT). This is an analogue device. In all CRT monitors, the image is painted on the screen by an electron beam that scans from one side of the display to the other drawing thin lines. This scan is used to display the transitions in color, intensity and pattern, and each complete pass of the electron gun is called a FIELD. Analogue TV uses a process that relies on the brain's ability to integrate gradual transitions in pattern that the eye sees as the image is painted on the screen. Each picture or frame on a television screen is composed of 525 lines, numbered from 1 to 525. During the first phase of screen drawing, even-numbered lines are drawn - 2,4,6,8 and so on. During the next phase, the odd lines are drawn 1,3,5,7 and so on. The eye integrates the two images to create a single image. The fields are said to be interleaved together or interlaced. A frame or complete picture consists of two fields.
In flat panels such as LCD and plasmas, instead of using alternate fields, the fields are displayed sequentially. This is called progressive scanning.
NTSC & PAL/SECAM
There are two display standards followed around the world. One is followed in the US, Mexico, Canada, Korea, Japan and a few other countries. Termed NTSC, this is a TV standard developed in the U.S. in 1953 by the National Television System Committee. NTSC uses a Frame consisting of 486 horizontal lines in the active area and a frame rate of 29.97 frames per second (fps). The frame is interlaced, meaning it's composed of two individual fields with a Field rate of 59.94fps, usually termed as 60fps. Since this uses 60 fields per second it is also called as a 60Hz system.
The PAL (Phase Alternating Line) TV standard was introduced in the early 1960's in Europe. It has better Resolution than NTSC, having 576 lines in the active area of the frame. The Frame rate is 25fps, much closer to the 24 fps frame rate of a reel film. The Field rate is 50 or 50Hz.
How Frames Are Displayed in Digital TVs.
While displaying a traditional video content, digital TVs yet use the 30 or 25 frames per second to display images. These frames are displayed using either the Interlaced Scan or Progressive Scan method.
But what about Digital Content? Even here, countries are implementing the 30 or 25 frames per second concept.
In NTSC, when frames are displayed as an interlaced image (1080i), each frame is composed of two fields, with each field displayed every 60th of a second, and a complete frame displayed every 30th of a second. When the frame is displayed as a progressive scan format (720p or 1080p) it is displayed twice every 30th of a second. In both cases, a unique high definition frame is displayed every 30th of a second.
Similarly in PAL, when frames are displayed as an interlaced image (1080i), each frame is composed of two fields, with each field displayed every 50th of a second, and a complete frame displayed every 25th of a second. When the frame is displayed as a progressive scan format (720p or 1080p) it is displayed twice every 25th of a second. In both cases, a unique high definition frame is displayed every 25th of a second.
The Frame Rate is valid even when the connection between the DVD Player and the TV is purely digital.
Thus these standards will continue to rule the TV display methodologies for quite sometime. Yes, NTSC and PAL/SECAM will be replaced by ATSC and DVB standards around the world. When this happens everything will be purely digital and we can forget about de-interlacing and progressive scanning. But till that happens, we have to live with NTSC and PAL/SECAM standards for TV display. A lot of things have to change for that - from shooting, storage, film-to-video conversion, transmission, to finally the last mile connectivity and TV display methodology. .
Cheers
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Ze guru speaks !!! Very very impressive as usual !!
I found something regarding PAL/NTSC here.
As always, venkatcr is right!
Why NTSC and PAL Still Matter With HDTV - How Digital TV and HDTV Are Linked to Analog Television Standards
As always, venkatcr is right!
Why NTSC and PAL Still Matter With HDTV - How Digital TV and HDTV Are Linked to Analog Television Standards
spirovious
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anuragsodhi
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illusion i have samsung a450 26"
See I also have a samsung 26 " and since I bought it nearly 2 years ago I really dont remember its model number . If i were you I would never bother about the pal / ntsc thingy. Just hook up your player to the lcd via hdmi and forget it. I had used my player in its default setup for a week before I fiddled with the setups and it worked fine!
anuragsodhi
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Hi all! philips 5996 is available in delhi philips arena for 4500 without hdmi cable and 3996 is available for 3600 with hdmi cable . why there is so much difference ? can any one tell the differences between them ? also help of decide between lg 388 and philips 3996 . thanks
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Also i will connect the dvd player to 26" samsung lcd a450 (having hdmi port) and creative T6060 5.1 speaker system. So what will be the connections available to comebu them. philips is having coaxial output . do i need it ?
Hi all! philips 5996 is available in delhi philips arena for 4500 without hdmi cable and 3996 is available for 3600 with hdmi cable . why there is so much difference ? can any one tell the differences between them ? also help of decide between lg 388 and philips 3996
The difference is the Usb port, 5996 has a usb 2 port to which u can connect, external drives and play content from it.
Personally i am using LG 388 and found it to be a good player, as it plays most of the stuff i throw at it,
Ld dv388 is usb 1.1 while 5996 is usb 2,
A lot has been discussed on the same, just read through the earlier post it will help
anuragsodhi
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thanks for replying but i am asking between 5996 and 3996 ..
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