Price Paid:  $400.00 from manila, PHILIPPINES

Summary:
the 47a is great all rounder, great in dvd picture quality is stunning in my sony36xbr800 using progressive scan.in movie the concerts it sounded cleaner and wider soundfield compare to my sony 345.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED IF YOU ARE PICKY IN PICTURE QUALITY LIKE ME.

Strengths:
UNIVESAL PLAYER-DVD-V,DVD-A,SACD,CD,CD-R,CD-RW,DVD-R,DVD-RW,MPEG,MP3. EXCELLENT PICTURE,

Weaknesses:
LIMITED BASS MANAGEMENT FOR DVD-A & SACD,

Similar Products Used:
SONY 345, MINTEK 2110, SONY 305, TOSHIBA DVD

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
I'm not sure what took this Uni-spinner so long to post since I've owned it a year now. The DV-47A has since been upgraded to the 47Ai. This review will be for the DV-47A only: It has merit as being the first Universal spinner. This Elite model has many +'s & few weaknesses. It is at home with Cds,Cd-rs, CDr-w's(finalized only) DVD-Video, DVD-Audio & SACD Multi-channel fare. The machine reads & plays all discs TOC's Quick. It has plenty of outputs & inputs to serve the most demanding A/V file. As far as picture DVD performance it is superb. I don't want to Techno-babble to death concerning Chroma Bugs & such but on my Sony XBR there are no abnormalities.It gives you audio output options as well with upsampling types & Hi-Bit enhancement Even cd Direct if you desire. The player does not equal the sonics of dedicated SACD spinner. It falls slightly short in that category spinning DVD-Audio discs with better overall dynamics. CD redbook is good depending on how you designate the audio output options. The DV-47A does what it's supposed to & does it well with no Fuss. Don't be fooled alot of it's newer sibilings such as Marantz,Onkyo & Even Lexicon are DV-47A based with different tweaks of their own.
The Newer DV-47Ai will be reviewed next whenever it posts.....

Strengths:
Compatibility,Price,sonics,

Weaknesses:
SACD Playback slightly weaker than dedicated machine

Similar Products Used:
Elite DV-47Ai, Onkyo-800,
Elite DV-45A, Yamaha DVD-S2300
Lexicon RT-10