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The Magnavox NB500MG9 is a Profile 1.1 compliant Blu Ray player that will also upconvert regular DVDs to 720p, 1080i and 1080p resolution. 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 Insignia and Sylvania. The player is equipped with Deep Color video processor for richer image display, and comes with a slot for SD cards. It has component and composite video out, analog and digital coaxial out, and HDMI 1.3 output. It also features Digital Bitstream for high-res audio such as Dolby TrueHD for 5.1 channel output and DTS-HD for 7.1 channel output.

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Pros:
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One of the cheapest blu-ray players available
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Outputs bitstream HD audio
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Good video processing capabilities
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Decent upconverting capabilities
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Converts 24p material to 60Hz using proper 2:3 pulldown
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Cons:
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No ethernet port, which means the player is not future-proof
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No internal HD audio decoder
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Slower loading than more expensive players
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No 5.1 analog audio outs
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Known playback issues with several BD; including no TrueHD track detected in Batman begin and Beowulf
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Features

  • Profile 1.1
  • Upconvert DVDs to 720p, 1080i and 1080p
  • Deep Color video processor
  • SD card slot
  • Digital Bitstream: Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD
  • Output: component and composite video, analog and digital coaxial audio
  • HDMI 1.3 output
  • 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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4 comments about Magnavox NB 500 MG 9

1.  avatar Peteypieca  Oct 16, 2008 12:51pm

Load time seems good....got to first video screenin 45 seconds. on Iron Man BR
2.  avatar Peteypieca  Oct 16, 2008 12:52pm

got mine for $199.00 at WalMart....Excellent price....
3.  avatar Joe Crack  Nov 30, 2008 1:11pm

Black Friday I picked one up for $128 + tax at WallyMart. At that price, I should have purchased two of them. It's basically the same as the Philips, sans 5.1 audio analog outs. I don't use 5.1, so this does not bother me.

Picture is excellent (as good as my Sony PS3), and it does not run hot like the PS3 did.

Remote is kinda cheap, but the player is nice for the price.

Bare-bones BluRay from Sam Walton. Nice.

--Crack

4.  avatar Erik  Dec 02, 2008 10:14am

Congrats Joe Crack. We're not quite at the point of Blu-ray players coming free in cereal boxes (like what happened to standard def DVD players), but $128 is a big step towards affordable Blu-ray for the masses.
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Key Features:

Manufacturer Magnavox
MSRP $298.00
Release Date May. 1, 2008

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5 contributors -  mkam, Omar, Erik, Peteypieca, Joe Crack
Created: 08/11/2008 - 12:02
Modified: 12/02/2008 - 10:14
Model # variations:

NB, 500, MG, 9, NB500, 500MG, MG9, NB500MG, 500MG9, NB500MG9