Yamaha DV-S5750 DVD Player

Pros: Video: Excellent Sound: Excellent Can upconvert CD's
Cons: Remote: not lit

BACKGROUND Well just to give you some background of where I started from. I have a Toshiba 42H82 42” HDTV rear projection with component inputs only, no digital connections like DVI or HDMI. For audio I have the ONKYO HTR520 6.1 receiver. Then, I ...

Pros: Plays many types of media, high-quality playback, more!
Cons: Remote, text limit in menus

Looking for DVD players these days can be pretty frustrating with all the different features and items you can pick from. The Yamaha DV-S5750 greatly simplifies the process for the internet/DivX junkie, music listener, movie watcher, and includes ...

Pros: Easy to operate, compact, and a good buy for the price.
Cons: No eject button on the remote. Remote not back-lit.

I purchased this Yamaha DVD player based on the reviews here at Epinions. My old DVD player was a top-of-the-line Panasonic unit built in 1998, which I bought from a friend in 2001. Unbeknownst to me, this unit had a defect in which the read assy would ...

Pros: Good picture, takes multiple formats
Cons: DivX can be choppy, though source file can be modified so that it works beautifully.

I took back my Philips DVP 642 and exchanged it for the Yamaha DV-S5750 hoping that I would get a better picture, especially when viewing DivX. The good news is, the picture is better. I tested it on different discs (DVD-R, -RW, +RW and CD-R) and the ...