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Philips MCD709/37

$625.00 Released January, 2007

The Pros:Sleek, modern styling featuring a rosewood veneer on the speakers. Solid movie audio performance--dialogue sounds clear, provides a cinematic feel for a 2.1 setup. Well-balanced music--lows, mids and treble are all well represented.

The Cons:Limited audio adjustment options--EQ settings are limited to presets. Fairly pricey for a such a basic system.

The Philips MCD709/37 is a micro-DVD theater system offered by Philips. The system consists of a compact DVD player, compact AV receiver, a subwoofer and two floorstanding tallboy speakers. The DVD player can play DVDs, VCDs, CDs and a variety of writeble CDs, including MP3, WMA and picture CDs.

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It features a progressive scan component video output for optimized image quality and Dolby Digital decoding for the ultimate audio experience for movies. The class "D" amplifier gives high quality sound performance and the Neodymium Ribbon Tweeter gives impressive audio fidelity. There are gold plated speaker connectors and rosewood speaker enclosures for higher sound quality. The DVD and receiver have aluminum die cast cabinets and feature four triangular feet to reduce distortion due to vibration. The Philips MCD709/37 also features an AM/FM tuner and comes with a high quality remote control.

Specifications

Output Power: Total 380W RMS
Sound Enhancement: Class "D" Digital Amplifier, Digital Sound Control 4 modes, Dynamic Bass Boost, Loudness
Sound System: Dolby Digital
Main Speaker: Ribbon tweeter, Real rosewood enclosure, Gold-plate speaker connectors, Speaker grilles detachable
Subwoofer type: Active
Playback Media: DivX, DVD+RW, DVD-Video, Picture CD, Video CD/SVCD
Disc Playback Modes: A-B Repeat, Angle, PBC, Slow Motion, Zoom, Parental control, Dynamic Range Compression
DVD Region.: 1
Video Enhancement: Progressive Scan
Playback Media: WMA-CD, MP3-CD, CD, CD-R, CD-RW
Disc Playback Modes: 20-Track Programmable, Repeat/one/all/program, Shuffle Play
Loader Type: Motorised, Tray
Tuner/Reception/Transmission:
- Tuner Bands: FM Stereo, AM
- Auto digital tuning
- Station presets: 40
Video Output - Analog: Component Y Pb Pr (cinch), Composite CVBS (yellow cinch), S-Video (on Hosiden)
Aux in: 2x(L/R)/ RCA
Other connections: Active subwoofer Pre-out, Digital audio coaxial out, Digital optical out, FM Antenna, Line out, MW Antenna
Alarms: CD Alarm, Sleep timer
Clock: On main display
Display Type: VFD display
OSD Languages: English, French, Spanish
Eco Power Standby: 1 watt
Indications: DIM mode
Included Accessories: Composite video cable (Y), Control cable, AM/FM Antenna
Remote control: 49-key with 2xAAA batteries
Set dimensions (W x H x D): 240 x 160 x 230 mm
Main speaker dimensions (W x H x D): 240 x 948 x 223 mm
Subwoofer dimensions (W x H x D): 426 x 336 x 255 mm
Packaging dimensions (W x H x D): 1192 x 440 x 524 mm
Weight incl. Packaging: 35 kg

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Sleek, modern styling featuring a rosewood veneer on the speakers.
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Solid movie audio performance--dialogue sounds clear, provides a cinematic feel for a 2.1 setup.
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Well-balanced music--lows, mids and treble are all well represented.
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Good range of optical media support (WMA-CD, MP3-CD, CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, SVCD).
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DVD video playback is of good quality, looks good on modern HDTVs despite not having HD upscaling.