Product Description
Harman Kardon DVD 27 may be slim in design, but it doesn't scrimp on features. Indeed, this is a compact giant that offers progressive-scan-video perfection with super-fine slow motion, a backlit remote, and image-format playback from JPEGs and Kodak Picture CDs, as well as MP3 and WMA audio files. A built-in test signal for critical setup, and highend DACs for analog connectivity make the DVD 27 a top performer.
Customer Reviews:
As usual, another great HK product!.......2007-05-28
I've had my DVD 22 for 2 years and my DVD 27 for a year now. Both have amazing pictures and I've never had an unusual problem with either. It seems to me that the cranks dismissing these players don't have much experience with quirky DVD technology. Most stand-alone home players have any number of "goofs" with various movies, unlike DVD devices in computers. Maybe that's where the misunderstanding lies; these people never have trouble with their computers so they think the same goes for their home players. Not so. They should experiment with burning movies at different rates or with different software, since that's likely the source of the problem. These players read without freezing better than any DVD players I've worked with, though there is the rare problem of sticking in a loop and needing to be unplugged. Every player seems to have its particular quirk; this is the HK's quirk, no biggie. The picture quality, reliability in general, and audio DACs are worth forsaking the standard $50-$60 import.
Dead On Arrival.......2007-05-15
Normally, I would never buy anything from Harman Kardon. But this DVD player was on sell for $100.00 from $300.00. Well, I guess you get what you pay for. I set up the player and placed my first DVD in it. I knew I was in trouble when I hearding a whining, grinding sound. That wasn't too amusing. What was even less amusing was the nice blank TV screen. I tried another DVD just to make sure it wasn't a problem with the DVD. I got the same whining, grinding sound and blank TV screen.
It wasn't worth mailing back, in either time or money. I went down to the local Best Buy and bought myself a nice Sony DVD player. It has been working great.
I'm waiting to take my HK DVD player outside and re-enact the scene from "Office Space" where the guys beat the crap out of the printer. ;-)
Nice, flat player.......2007-04-25
I have this 1 week now, so nothing about durability here. It looks elegant, picture is good. Got a dificulty with a selfmade homemovie DVD the player did not recognize as a DVD but as a DVD-ROM and was not playable... well, those discs have some scratches...
I had a cheap LG and a cheap JWin player, but their laser wore out quickly. I hope the harman has a more duarble better quality laser... I will see.
CON: The JWin I had permitted to go to main menu or skip any part (like that endless copyright warnings or preview movies) even if the disc itself had that function blocked. Now the Harman DVD 27 player can not overrun a discs skip blocking, thats not very userfriendly - of course we have to blame the DVD producers for that in the first place. The player works with region 0 and 1 only, thats ugly too, but you can change that (see below). There is no OFF button, the player goes into standby instead and consumes 1 watt. No HDMI out.
PRO: Nice remote with nightlight. Good setup menus and manual. The region stupidess can be defeated, it is easy to make this player region free. 1. press SETUP on the remote. 2. Press "3141590", the player is now region free.
Entry level DVD player.......2007-01-19
A great performer, does all you want or need. User-friendly, bullet-proof dependable.
Good buy in this price range.......2006-11-10
I'm not an audio/video elitist. I was having problems with DVD players that were only a couple years old and cost 3 or 4 times as much as this one: they would skip, jerk, and then freeze. NetFlix DVDs were almost guaranteed to freeze, but others were an increasing problem as well.
Haven't had a single problem with this unit. The picture is great (screen is a 37" plasma), the setup was painless, and the remote is one of the more thoughtfully designed variety...one of the things I've generally liked about Harman Kardon.
This one will definitely be kept and transferred to the den when my primary TV setup gets upgraded.
Product Description
The DVD 27 may be slim in design, but it doesn't scrimp on features. Indeed, this is a compact giant that offers progressive-scan-video perfection with super-fine slow motion, a backlit remote, and image-format playback from JPEGs and Kodak Picture CDs, a
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Progressive Scan video with super-fine slow motion & image-format playback from JPEGs, Kodak Picture CDs, MP3 & WMA audio files. Backlit remote. Built-in test signal for critical setup. High-end DACs for analog connectivity
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