Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5125 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Panasonic
• Model: DVD-S54EB-K
• Released on: 2008-03-06

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1080p Up-Conversion DVD Player with VIERA Link & Multi-Format Playback
The DVD-S54 offers a 1080p up-conversion function that converts non-HD sources to high-definition (1920 x 1080 pixels) quality images. And the DVD-S54 is Deep Colour ready, which means they can reproduce images with 12-bit, 4,096-step gradation. You can enjoy exceptionally rich, natural looking colours, with smooth, detailed gradation and minimal colour banding.
You can operate the DVD-S54 with the VIERA TV's remote control. If you want to enjoy DVD theatre with the DVD-S54, you can start immediately, by simply pressing the VIERA Link button on the VIERA TV's remote control.
The DVD-S54 offers the ease and convenience of Super Multi-Format playback, which lets users play all of their DVDs and CDs, regardless of the recording format. The DVD-S54 can play back DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD-R DL, DVD-RW, +R, +R DL, +RW, CD, CD-R/RW, Video CD, SVCD, WMA, MP3, JPEG, MPEG4 and DivX. So you don't have to worry about whether your the DVD-S54 can play back everything in your current video and CD library.

Customer Reviews

Nice player, shame about the menus...
I purchased this DVD player to match my brand new Panasonic TH37PX80 TV. This combination produces brilliant results from ordinary DVDs. Using 1080i upscaling seems to get best results so far. Films now come to life with more detail, colour, contrast and depth than I ever had from my previous CRT/DVD combo. For instance, watching the opening to 'Blade Runner: The Final Cut' is simply breathtaking.
But .. it only gets 4 stars becuase the set-up & options menus are rubbish - they look amateur, are poorly laid out and are confusing to follow - reading the manual does not help much! Fortunatly you dont need to fiddle much with the menus to get great pictures.

Solid
Bought this to connect to my LCD panasonic and see what a HDMI connection and upscaler could do with my DVDs. To date I'm not blown away to be honest. Love my films and was hoping for a little more. Quality is good, but don't see any significant improvement on previous CRT and a quality scart. Just not seeing it. No regrets as the viera link is handy (using just one remote between the tv and player) and got it chipped locally for multi region use. Advice? See it in the shop first and make your own mind up. Bring on cheaper Blu Rays I guess circa 2020!! Close but no cigar I'm afraid.

A nice little player
I did a lot of web browsing before buying this item. To be honest, the brand name speaks for itself in many respects but what swayed it for me in the end was I was buying a new Panasonic TV and the Viera connectivity was an additional incentive. Anyway, it works well, the picture's good and it's simple to use. I'd be happy to recommend it to friends and family.