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In the DVD-CV51, five-disc convenience and Panasonic ingenuity convene at a strikingly low price, making this not only an excellent DVD player but a great bargain. The DVD-CV51's five-disc carousel changer performs play exchange (letting you switch four discs while one is playing), and does so quickly and quietly. What's more, in our tests the unit emitted only a slight whirring sound while playing--a far cry from older changers that sounded like nearby helicopters (which was fine during certain scenes from Blue Thunder but a little jarring during The Blue Lagoon).

The changer has three types of video output jacks: composite, S-video, and component video. We attached a component-video cable (not supplied) to a 36-inch TV. The quality was fantastic due to this premium-quality connection and the DVD player's 10-bit, 27 MHz video digital-to-analog converters. If you're serious about video, we strongly recommended buying a television with component-video inputs.

The DVD-CV51 offers extensive features tailored for video buffs, including black level control (two levels) plus the ability to adjust contrast, brightness, and color. You also can choose a specific frame on which to adjust picture parameters (called I/P/B). We like to tweak as much as the next person, but the factory settings needed no adjustments. Still, it's nice to know they're there. The unit lacks a topnotch progressive-scan video output, but at this price one can hardly be expected.

The unit passes (but doesn't decode) Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel surround sound signals using an optical digital-audio cable, which is not supplied. To experience surround sound, you must connect it to an audio-video receiver with built-in Dolby Digital and DTS decoders.

The player also has a subwoofer output to plug into an active floor shaker--and this will let you enjoy the benefits of a subwoofer with your stereo speakers even if you do not have a surround receiver or separate center and rea

Panasonic DVD-CV51 5-Disc DVD Player

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$119.62

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$93.7

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$38.24

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$250

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[Music] hey how's it going welcome into for the loop my name is Spencer today I've got this Panasonic 5 disc DVD and CD changer to show you the model number of it is DVD CV 5 one but before we get into it did you know that movies were invented around 1890 and they were also pretty boring they were single seen about a minute long and there was no audio so imagine if you had to watch movies like that today but now that you know that let's go ahead and talk about the rear panel on this first four audio there's subwoofer output if you want to use the subwoofer and then standard right and left audio and then there's also digital audio if you want to use that instead for a standard video you have composite and then s-video which is a little bit better and then for the best picture you'll want to go with component output so we're going to connect the component cable and the audio cable so just