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The Insignia NS-BRDVD is a Profile 2.0 blu-ray player that offers HD images in 720p, 1080i and 1080p formats via HDMI, and also is capable of DVD upscaling. This is a low cost player manufactured by the Funai corporation which makes nearly half the DVD players sold in North America, and is rebranded by Magnavox for retail. Other brands selling this same basic player are Magnavox and Sylvania. It has built-in decoders for Dolby Digital Plus and DTS-HD, plus Dolby TrueHD. The player also has a Secure Digital media slot for viewing images stored on Secure media cards (SD cards). The player has 1 stereo, 1 digital optical and 1 digital coaxial audio output, plus 1 composite video, 1 component video, as well as 1 HDMI output.
MSRP $329.00
Release date May, 2008
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- Profile 2.0
- 720p, 1080i and 1080p images via HDMI
- 1080p DVD upconverting
- Dolby Digital Plus, DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD decoders built-in
- SD card slot for image display
- Audio outputs: 1 stereo, 1 digital optical and 1 digital coaxial
- Video outputs: 1 composite, 1 component
- HDMI ouput
- Panasonic UniPhier chipset
Audio Considerations - the HD audio formats are output only over the HDMI 1.3 connection, and not over the digital audio out which only handle standard Dolby. There is also no included analog output of 5.1 audio.
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MSRP $279.99
Released March, 2009
Pros
- affordable price
- trusted manufacturer
Cons
- nothing more innovative than any other player of this price point available today
Insignia NS-BRDVD
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Sharp BD-HP16U
MSRP $299.99
Released October, 2008
Pros
- good name brand - known for making quality A/V components
- affordable price
- upgradable firmware via USB connection
Cons
- basic - profile 1.1, stereo analog, single HDMI/component/composite outputs
Insignia NS-BRDVD
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Sharp BD-HP21U
MSRP $349.00
Released April, 2008
Pros
- 1080p, 24 or 60p
- inexpensive compared to newer Blu-ray players
- profile 1.1 is all you need
Cons
- profile 1.1 only
- stereo analog out only
- coaxial digital out only
Insignia NS-BRDVD
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Sylvania NB500SL9
MSRP $298.00
Released May, 2008
Pros
- One of the cheapest blu-ray players available
- Outputs bitstream HD audio
- Good video processing capabilities
Cons
- No ethernet port, which means the player is not future-proof
- No internal HD audio decoder
- Slower loading than more expensive players
Insignia NS-BRDVD
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Magnavox NB500MG9
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