How to choose recorder
The first advise: when choosing DVD-player, make sure his "multizonnosti". For that you need to check whether reproducing apparatus "American" discs. And yet: not engage own DVD player from abroad. Purchased in the U.S., Canada or Japan refuses to read Russian apparatus almost certainly drives, and turn it into multizonny almost impossible - it is designed to work only with the US-Japanese video NTSC, and not with PAL 'box, which recorded the vast majority of domestic releases.
We are looking for exit
Let us turn to the back panel of DVD player. Sometimes it is eloquently (at least, visibility) guide. It is the main thing - exits audio and video signals. Sound like digital displays, and in analog form. Exit digital audio can be coaxial (habitual slot RCA) and optical (special slot with LED). There's also a stereo (2 x RCA) and exits from the built-decoder Dolby Digital / DTS (6xRCA) - if he is equipped with a DVD player that is not always the case.
A video - four varieties. The simplest and least qualitative called composite. It brightness and chromaticity ingredients are mixed, he served for one slot RCA. Better - signal S-Video (the above ingredients are separated), usually implemented at the nest miniDIN or SCART. Top Performance - a component (referred to as Y / Cb / Cr, is sold at three nests RCA) and RGB-signal, realized at SCART'e. In a component can be transmitted and the signal from the progressive (in this case output symbol Y / Pb / Pr).
Second advise: when choosing DVD player, make sure that he reads not only Dolby Digital, and DTS - looking on the front of the appropriate logo.
Advise Three: choose when you connect the DVD-player to TV, the most high-quality signal. Most likely they will be RGB (krupnoekrannyh majority of televisions in the Russian market is equipped with SCART 'box, with the possibility of receiving RGB-signal).
Board advise: when choosing DVD player equipped with a progressive way out, remember: the corresponding signal may only accept video, flat panel and a small minority of expensive televisions. If this situation you are not worried, make sure your DVD player gives the "progress" not only in NTSC, but in PAL'e.
The function - it's just
Features DVD-player varied. If the disc recorded several tracks, it will select. The same is true for alternative subtitles. Like the CD-player, DVD-machine permits to reduce or increase (even with preservation of sound) speed playback, go to the pause mode, and recently many manufacturers have begun supplying machines feature instant replay last 10-60 with the program (useful when viewing was interrupted For example, an unexpected telephone call).
In selecting the DVD player can also affect the availability and videoregulirovok. This may be as predustanovki brightness, contrast and color depth (analogue - presets equalizer in the music center) and opportunity (in our opinion, more valuable) to regulate the options manually. Prompts the question: why change them when the DVD gives a picture of an order of magnitude better than that of ordinary air broadcast? In just the point! TV, tuned to the reception with ether, a picture with the DVD plays unnaturally (likely to be overstated chroma). Adjusting the same would bring it to the norm. U "advanced" models are changing even Zool parameters such as "gamma" (affect the transfer of dark scenes) and chroma signal delay on the luminance signal. This allows more accurately align the work of player and projector, or plasma panel.
DVD-player is designed to work not only with multichannel, but also with a stereo (here and the same can be attributed stereotrakt TV), so, except for mandatory exit attention (from turning into multichannel dual) audio player equipped with the system, often creating voluminous sound effect at work two speakers.
Another feature is almost mandatory DVD-player - transcoders NTSC-PAL, it is possible to view the images in NTSC, the US-Japanese system chromaticity PAL/SECAM- on television and writing for PAL-videomanitofon. Transcoder performed in several varieties. Such companies as Panasonic and Samsung, make it incomplete - NTSC converted to PAL 60, who ignored the VCR. Simply put, watch "American" image in the European television can be, but can not write in PAL'e. JVC and LG set its machines neotklyuchaemy transcoders (reproduced in any record PAL'e, and nothing can you do with this is not); some models from Pioneer and Rolsen transforming the NTSC signal in full PAL, but without the possibility of automatic playback images in "native" system chromaticity (at the outlet always or PAL, or NTSC - to be chosen by the user). German cardinal decision to offer (Scott and MAS Electronik AG, producing players under the brand Xoro) Chinese (BBK, Shinco) and Russian (Polar, Rubin, "Falcon") company - full bidirectional (NTSC-PAL/PAL-NTSC) transcoders with the regime Auto.
Advise Five: with the best quality picture is reproduced in the system coloration, which is recorded, therefore advisable to build a home theater based on multi-TV and DVD-player or do without transcoders, or (for amateurs videos) with full transcoders of the regime Auto.
Advise sixth: if the opportunity to change videoparametry important for you, choose the DVD player, who can remember at least two sets of parameters - one for PAL'a, the second for NTSC.
