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RCA HDV5000 HD DVD Player | 
 enlarge | Brand: RCA
Category: CE
List Price: $499.99
Buy New: $168.88
You Save: $331.11 (66%)
New (3) from $168.88
Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 24
Dimensions (in): 22 x 18.6 x 11.2
Warranty: 1 Year Parts, 90 Day Labor Limited Warranty
MPN: HDV5000
Model: HDV5000
UPC: 747192000066
EAN: 0747192000066
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Plays high-def HD DVD discs for sharper, more detailed picture performance than standard DVD discs ; measures 17.3 x 4.5 x 14 inches (WxHxD) | | • | Backwards compatible with current DVD and CD formats; upconverts DVD movie discs to near high-definition | | • | Ethernet port for upgrades; dual USB game ports on front; enhanced user interface and navigation features | | • | Connections: 1 composite, 1 S-Video, 1 component, 1 HDMI | | • | Built-in decoders for Dolby Digital/DTS; coaxial and optical digital audio outputs |
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Amazon.com Product Description
RCA's first DVD player compatible with the new HD DVD disc format, the HDV5000 combines the superior image and sound quality of high-definition images and multichannel surround sound with the convenience of DVD disc playback. Using the HDMI output, which provides uncompressed, all-digital video and multi-channel audio delivered via a single cable, you'll be able to view HD DVD discs in high-definition 720p or 1080i resolution. The HDV5000 is also backward compatible with your library of standard DVD movie and CD audio discs, and it offers an upconverting function that brings your favorite DVDs to near HD quality. Since the conversion occurs in the player, the signal is free of excessive digital-to-analog conversion artifacts. Note that viewing high-definition HD DVD Disc content requires an HDTV or HD-ready TV. HD DVD movie discs provide the ability to search the on-screen menu, make changes to set-up options or access other menu functions while the movie is playing. Scene searching is facilitated with thumbnail images on the TV screen that allow you to use the cursor to go directly to a specific scene. You can even access bonus material like directorOs comments while the movie is playing without going back to the discOs menu. Other features include: - Capability to connect the HDV5000 to a home network using the Ethernet port, enabling upgrades of the player as new features are developed
- Dual front-panel USB game controller ports
- Enhanced black level selection for optimum brightness
- Letterbox pan and scan support for multiple video formats
- Multiple audio and video stream decoding with separate volume control
- Parental controls
- Multi-lingual on-screen display (English, French, Japanese)
- Disc compatibility: HD DVD, DVD movie, CD audio, DVD-R/RW, Dual Layer DVD-R, DVD+R/RW, CD-R/RW
The HDV5000 provides a full range of audio decoding, including Dolby Digital, Dolby DTS, MP3, and WMA. It has stereo outputs as well as coaxial and optical digital audio outputs for 5.1-channel home theater surround sound. It offers the following video output connection options: - Composite AV (RCA): 1
- S-Video: 1
- Component Video: 1
- HDMI: 1
HD DVD Disc Format
Officially endorsed by the DVD Forum industry organization as the next high-capacity DVD disc, the HD DVD format delivers sharper, more detailed picture performance than standard DVD discs. Moreover, the HD DVD format opens new avenues of interactivity including enhanced on-screen menus, scene searching, directorsO commentaries and the potential for online shopping. HD DVD discs can offer both the current DVD and HD DVD formats on one disc, which means that special HD DVD discs will play in older DVD players as well as new high definition players. Tech Talk
HDMI is a lossless, uncompressed, all-digital audio/video interface to link any audio/video source (such as a set-top box, DVD player, or AV receiver) with your TV--all over a single cable. HDMI supports standard, enhanced or high definition video, plus multi-channel digital audio on a single cable. It supports all ATSC formats--standard (SDTV), enhanced (EDTV), and high (HDTV). Component video (also called Y/Pb/Pr) features a three-jack video input, which provides separate connections for luminance (Y), blue color difference (PB) and red color difference (PR). This results in increased bandwidth for color information, resulting in a more accurate picture with clearer color reproduction and less bleeding than you would get with S-Video or composite (RCA yellow video plug) connections. You will need a separate RCA left/right audio cable for sound. - High Definition Formats: The most common high-def (HD) video format is 720p, which displays video at 720 vertical by 1280 horizontal pixels. The "p" denotes that it is progressive scan, meaning that all video lines are filled at the same time. The 1080i format displays video at 1080 vertical by 1920 horizontal pixels, and the "i" means that it is interlaced (the old-school way of presenting video where the screen scans the odd-numbered video lines first, then the even-numbered lines). The 1080p format has the same pixel resolution as 1080i, but it is a progressive scan format and thus has a constant vertical resolution of 720 lines.
What's in the Box
HD DVD player, remote control (with batteries), L/R audio cable, video cable (yellow), HDMI cable, printed operating instructions
Product Description
The HDV5000 combines the superior image quality of high-definition images and multi-channel surround sound with the convenience of DVD disc playback. It supports various video formats including MPEG2, MPEG4/AVC and VC1. The unit plays back DVD/DVD-R/-RW/DVD-RAM discs and MP3 audio files from CD-R/CD-RW discs.As movie studios prepare new titles for release in the high-definition HD DVD disc format, the retail introduction of the RCA HDV5000 offers consumers an array of convenience features that enhance the movie experience. These include the ability to search the on-screen menu, make changes to set-up options or access other menu functions while the movie is playing. Scene searching is facilitated with thumbnail images on the TV screen that allow you to use the cursor to go directly to a specific scene. The viewer can even access bonus material like director's comments while the movie is playing without going back to the disc's menu.The RCA HDV5000 provides high-definition up-conversion of standard DVD discs and includes an HDMI 1.1 output for digital audio and video in one convenient connection. The HDV5000 will output copy-protected HD content through the HDMI interface in either 720p or 1080i - and standard definition DVD discs can be upconverted to 720p or 1080i to complement the performance of a high-definition television. Since the conversion occurs in the player, the signal is free of excessive digital-to-analog conversion artifacts.While improved picture performance is an outstanding advantage of the RCA HDV5000, audio quality is equally impressive, featuring Dolby Digital Plus technology for a more realistic listening experience.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
 Amazing Picture Quality!! July 9, 2006
28 out of 29 found this review helpful
I bought this HD-DVD player about 2 nights ago and am just amazed at the value this player provides both in terms of build quality as well as performance. Some people have complained about the boot up time but you cant speed it up by downloading the latest firmware through the internet, i never felt it was a problem so i haven't applied any software patches to it.
After the demise of my Panasonic dvd player i was thinking of getting an upconverting dvd player like the Oppo or a Panasonic but i am SO GLAD that i waited until the HD-DVD players came out. The standard DVDs play beautifully on this player as well.
All im going to say in the end is, take a look at your local BestBuy store for a demo of the HD-DVD player and you will know why im so amazed with what this player is capable of. Make sure you get Chronicles of Riddick HD-DVD with your player, in one word "WOW".
HD-DVD is here and affordable! November 20, 2006
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
Have had the RCA HDV5000 for about a month now. Found one in the back room of a local Wal Mart here in Columbus, OH for $450.00. All I can say is, it really works well! I am really impressed for this much quality for the money. These heavy duty units are built by Toshiba in Japan and are built much better than the $30 DVD players coming out of China these days. The unit has a computer quality drive mechanism and a cooling fan on the back . It reminds me of a piece of quality computer hardware. The remote is not fancy but well organized and is able to operate different brands of TV sets by changing the code to your TV brand. I did connect the unit to the internet via a ethernet port on the back of the unit and downloaded the latest firmware. The unit came shipped with version 1.0 firmware and now shows version 2.0. This allows the manufacturer to iron out glitches in this first generation HD-DVD player. My unit loads a lot slower than my old DVD player, but that is about my only complaint with this unit so far.
The back panel well laid out and is filled with jacks for analog, digital and optical outputs. Component output plug is there along with HDMI output. The best thing about hooking this to my Sony 46" LCD was that this DVD player included the expensive HDMI cable! The picture quality is stunning and this player does a great job of upconverting regular DVD's too.
Buy this unit and be enjoying 1080 output HD-DVD today. The technology is here and is affordable.
Edit - CONCERNING SOME BAD REVIEWS: This player plays King Kong and every other HD-DVD disc you can throw at it. The trick is you must connenct this unit to the internet (or contact RCA for a CD) and update firmware to 2.0 to play King Kong and some other newer discs. All of my HD-DVDs are 1080p and they play just fine. Don't listen to the people who don't own this player. The picture is great.
Not Without Flaw November 10, 2006
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
I'm excited about the long awaited next generation Hi-Def DVD players, but being an early adopter comes with it some growing pains. First of all, I'm all for HD DVD, I think it's the right price and the right technology for the next step. This RCA player is part of the HD revolution and is identical in stats to the Toshiba HD-A1. The player itself is clean and attractive, although large and bulky, it literally houses a home computer inside the case. Such as a computer, the boot up time is extraordinarily long, with the biggest fault being that it will not allow you to pop discs in and out while booting up. So basically, you will have to wait a good 3-4 min from initially powering up before you can pop out the disc in exchange for a another one. We have been spoiled by the instant-on DVD players of today and I have to keep telling myself...this is not a DVD player, but a new HDDVD player. Secondly, and as expected, the machine is very finicky about the movies it plays. In fact, switching layers is downright quirky. While watching a pristine copy of Mission Impossible 3, the RCA player locked up toward the latter half of the movie, I imagine during the time the laser has to refocus layers. Bascially, the picture freezes while the laser is trying to refocus; with your only option being to unplug the unit and start all over from the beginning, including the 3-4 min bootup. In order to finish the movie, I had to skip to the next chapter and reverse back, ensuring I didn't go past the layer change. If you recall, back when DVDs first came out, the first DVD players had the same issue regarding refocusing on layers. This problem is even worse with used discs. It will flash a blue screen and say Disc Error, with your only option to eject the disc or power down. When all is well, you get a fantastic picture and sound. The DTS is crisper and much more balanced than before. The pictures are vibrant and crisp. All in all, if you can wait, I'd definitely wait until the next generation players come out. If you can't, don't expect your experience to be without quirks.
Great Player June 7, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I recently picked one of these up from Wal-Mart on clearance, it was new in an un-opened box for $200! What a deal! Those of you getting one will want to update the firmware to at least version 2.0. After extensive research I discovered a few things. First these HD DVD player are similar to computers in many respects, including the need to update the firmware as new technology is added and/or bugs are found and fixed. Some users have mistakenly thought that these were defective or incapable of playing 1080p discs, in reality it plays them all, it just outputs the signal in 1080i (or less) instead of 1080p. The reason for some discs not playing (King Kong being one of the main ones) is that there are new features on some of the newer discs, in the case of King Kong it is actually a new feature called U-Control, King Kong just happened to be one of the first few discs with this feature, if you read the warning paper that was inside the King Kong disc when you first opened it, it stated that you would probably have to update the firmware on your player in order to play it. Once you connect it to the internet and update the firmware(or you can call RCA and they will send you a CD for free that updates it) it works fine, the firmware also updates some HDMI-DVI connectivity issues as well as decreasing the boot-up time. As I see it the ability to update the firmware as the technology advances is a definite advantage.
FYI this is the exact same player as the Toshiba HD-A1, only the color of the faceplate is different and the buttons are square instead of round. As a matter of fact there are some reports of buyers of the Toshiba units getting the RCA splash screen during boot-up when they turned it on, and Toshiba had to send them a firmware disc to change it to Toshiba. Once you have updated firmware it all works fine, it is a great player, also keep in mind that even though these are the same unit as the Toshiba, RCA is usually a couple months behind Toshiba on posting the firmware updates, I believe Toshiba is currently posting v2.2 and RCA still shows v2.0 as the newest update. I am not recommending this, but some owners have installed the Toshiba firmware on their RCA unit, once you do this it then for all intents and purposes becomes a Toshiba player, and you get the Toshiba boot-up screen. I understand it will even contact the Toshiba website for updates once this has been done. Again I don't recommend doing this, I only mention it because it seems to further confirm this is the same unit as the Toshiba A1.
Over all I love this unit, I gave it 4 stars only because it is the lowest and most basic entry level player, the higher end units have faster boot-up times, and output 1080p, as well as several other whistles and bells. But for the price, the picture quality, and the features it is a great unit for those on a budget or wanting a second machine.
 Basically already obsolite January 6, 2007
3 out of 19 found this review helpful
This player plays up to 1080i HD-DVDs. all the new HD-DVDs are coded as 1080p. I just bought the player, with a copy of King Kong. The player would play 32 seconds exactly (The intro of the disc) then would freeze with an error message. I tried this multiple times and alwayse the same result. I tried skipping to a different section and also accessing the menu, but it did nothing. I returned the disc, thinking it was a disc problem. I purchased another one and the same thing happened. I called customer service and they told me that the player does not play 1080p discs. I went to a local Dvd seller and looked at all the options of what discs might play. All the discs for sale were 1080p. This system is already obsolete. If you want to watch new Hd-Dvds on it you can't. I am now returning it and will wait till I can aford a decent machine. Don't make the same mistake I did.
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