Super Sony (Sony DVP S 725)

Member Name: stinky monkey

Product:	Sony DVP S 725
Date:	05/05/02 (826 review reads)
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Advantages: performance, build quality

Disadvantages: none

I have been a fan of home cinema for 5 years now.
The moment i was shown a dvd in all its glory i was hooked its as simple as that.

I allready owned a dvd player this being the pioneer 919 dvd/laserdisc but with the end of laserdisc player manufacturing i decided that i would really like to use the pionner for laserdisc playback and have a stand alone dvd player to handle the new format.

I opted for a multiregion sony 725 and to say i am impressed is well a understatement.
As soon as the player comes out of the box you get the feeling that this is a very well made piece of equipment , it feels very solid and weighs quite a bit compared to other players i have seen.

This is obviously a good start and things just get better again once you have hooked the player up to the tv and fired up a disc.
Connection options are very good on this player with 2 scarts (1rgb) 1 svhs and also component outputs which will come in handy if you happen to have a viewing device that can take advantage of them.
The 725 also comes with onboard dolby digital decoder and will pass a dts bitstream to a external decoder.

Picture and sounds are superb and i cannot find one single fault it is that good.
Playback of audio cds is also excellent and i have read reviews that state that the 725 gives the audio performance of a £300-500 cd player!!.

As i write this review the 725 has been replaced by the 735 .
The main difference is the 735 has a onboard dts decoder but i am told that the audio playbakc on music cds is now not as good so maybe this should be taken into account.

I would recommend this player if you can find one new then that would be great but perhaps there are some bargain second hand ones to be had .

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