RCA DRC257N DVD Player

• TV guardian
• 9 in 2 memory card reader
• Multi-format playback
• Progressive scan
• component video output

I Have never been crazy about any RCA products but the price was right and I needed an inexpensive upconverting player fast.

First off the up converting on this player is awesome! Even my back-up dvd looked phenomenal. however through the HDMI cable this player did not seam to do a very good job of separating the audio through a 5.1 receiver. Front and rear speakers seamed to be playing the exact same thing. Bummer!! I ended up taking this back to the store and purchasing a Panasonic DVD-53k which is supposed to upconvert to 1080p. Well my DLP TV recognizes the Panasonic as a 1080p signal but the picture is noticeably grainier than the RCA player. But the Panasonic does a wonderful job with the 5.1 audio. If only the RCA did as good as a job with the 5.1 audio.

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I am an avid electronics fan and have not had any problems ever with any piece of equipment that I have bought. Until now. This DVD player is not good. The picture is awesome (when it shows up). You often have to shut off the dvd player and then start it back up for the sound or picture to work using the hdmi output. Very annoying.

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I bought this DVD player becuase I purchased a widescreen LCD HDTV and wanted a good dvd player with an HDMI out port on it to upscale my dvds to make them look better on my new tv. This dvd has worked flawlessly. It has an HDMI port, composite out and component out and has a 9 in 2 card reader so you can watch slide shows of your images straight from your camera cards it can also read mp3s from those cards to make a music slide show. This dvd player comes built in with TV Guardian which can filter out foul language on dvds, I havent tried this feature out so I cant really comment on it. I would recommend this dvd player to anyone wanting to spend a little more to get HDMI support to upscale dvds. It is very sleek looking out of the box in a wide but thin stance. Great buy!

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I don't think mom or dad had one problem with it. At first we thought some kid did something to it and messed up the Tv guardian but after further inspection and rewiring dad got it to work so thank you Mr.Seller. haha a curse free movie night is so wonderful!!!! thank you thank you!

I bought this for the TV Guardian feature to replace my last RCA DVD player. The prior player was a replacement for another RCA DVD player. All different models, all purchased for the TV Guardian feature. None have lasted more than 8 or 9 months. For the cheap price I was willing to consider it a "disposable" item the first couple of times. I guess I'll try something else. when they worked they were OK using component and optical outputs. Getting the HDMI output to work was a constant battle not worth fighting on this unit.