Choosing a DVD Player
DVD technology has advanced incredibly in the few years that DVD players have been on the market, and the price drops have been stupendous. Like every single piece of A/V gear, you can spend a fortune on a DVD player if you want to. And you may want to if you’re building a really fancy, no-holds-barred, high-end home theater. Although you can get a great picture from a $129 model, if you have a high-end video projector and a top-of-the-line surround sound audio system, you may want to buy a fancier model. Such a system yearns for higher-quality electronic components and more powerful chips to convert the digital data on the DVD disc into video and sound. So what features should you look for? The following items are the key things to put on your mental checklist as you start shopping: Connections on the back: For video, the best connection for DVD players is the component video connection, and not all DVD players have these connections (nor do all TVs). If you have a TV that can