Sony DVP NS36 - Expert Reviews

Review summary: Sony's tiny and slightly dour-looking DVP-NS36 is disappointingly specified

Pros: Affordable for a Sony; Good picture and sound

Cons: No prog scan; Upscaling or digital video output

Verdict: The NS36's other key skill is the richness of its colours. Hues across the spectrum look unusually vibrant, further enhancing the sense of cinematic solidity established by the lack of MPEG noise. There's a touch of colour noise in some particularly vibra

Review summary: While capable of producing some of the finest performing DVD players around, Sony hasn't tended to look as comfortable at the ultra-budget end of the market as some of its rivals

Pros: Affordable for a Sony, Good picture and sound

Cons: No prog scan, Upscaling or digital video output

Verdict: If you've got a big screen capable of receiving digital, progressive or HD pictures, the draw of going for a good quality upscaling or progressive scan deck instead is hard to resist