Friday, July 22, 2005

Having trouble finding a storage solution for your DVDs

Sick of having to get up, pick a DVD from the shelf and put it in your player? Having trouble finding somewhere for all you DVDs to live? Sony may have the answer for you... the soon to be released Sony DVP-CX995V 400 DVD Disc Explorer.

The Sony DVP-CX995V 400-disc DVD/Super-Audio CD (SA-CD) changer up-scales video to High-Definition (1080i/720p) pixels resolution and transmits high quality audio through a High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI). HDMI connections allow for the transfer of uncompressed digital signals to other HDMI-equipped components such as HD televisions.

The changer's re-designed Disc Explorer(TM) on-screen graphic user interface provides intuitive access to the expansive disc library making it easy for users to locate their favorite movies and SA-CD music.

The product features Sony's Precision Cinema Progressive(TM) circuitry, Dolby Digital(R) and DTS 5.1 channel outputs and compatibility with DVD-RW/-R/+RW/+R, MP3, JPEG, CD-RW/-R, VCD and SVCD playback. Additional features include multi-disc resume (40 discs), custom parental controls (400 discs) and playback memory (400 discs). The player also offers coaxial and optical digital outputs and a universal remote control.
I already have one of Sony's 300 disc CD beasts which is quite handy. I've recently been trying to listen to a few of my older CDs and a result have just been listening to my entire collection on random. Sure beats having to pick which CD to play next (and always picking your current favourite)
The upscaling would be also be a welcomed feature with most new displays (including the projectors I'm looking at) supporting at least 720p.
The unit has a RRP of US$799.95 so it will probably be a heafty piece of kit... but if you keep in mind the price of all the stands to keep your DVDs on it's not that bad after all.

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