Question 1

Why not get a BluRay player that upscales regular DVDs?  Wouldn't that be far more versatile?

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I'm getting this over a modern Blu-ray player for a number of reasons. A. This device can be easily unlocked to play any region DVD's, a region free Blu-ray player costs around $200. B. I want a dedicated DVD player that is made strictly for that purpose as I have a huge DVD collection and not many Blu-ray's, for many Blu-ray players, the DVD aspect is somewhat of an afterthought and not the purpose of the machine, you will notice in reading Blu-ray player reviews, people often complain about their players not playing older dvd's getting error messages with DVD's ect., it is a different technology and an "add on " for a Blu-ray player. C. Modern Blu-ray players try to do too much, they have all this technology and bells and whistles, there are a lot more things to go wrong in them, freeze up and fry the machines, ect., they also are constantly getting on the internet and updating software and that can make the machine more prone to go bad too with one bad line of code or a virus. My Sony Blu-ray player jumped on the internet and reported me to Sony because it thought the disk I was watching was a bootleg, my player actually tattled on me while whatching a movie and the machine froze and I got a notice in my email from Sony accusing me of pirating. In any event for me anyway, there are a number of reasons I would choose a good basic player for $50 and not have all the bells, whistles and headaches. Here's another interesting article related to modern Blu-ray players, apparently they only work as long as they keep updating copyrights, and the company can decide at any given time not to update older machines, and you will never be able to watch newer disks once this happens. http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2013/09/26/call-kurtis-why-your-samsung-blu-ray-player-may-not-play-your-movies/

Question 2

dose this player remember where it stops?

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Don't you just love all the conflicting answers to this simple question? So I'm going to assume using good faith that everyone is answering truthfully. Then logically that means there are several variations of the Panasonic DVD Player DVD-S700 where this function does not work on one variation (let's say maybe the black version) and it does on the white version. How else can you explain that I just received the black version and there's no way this resume function works using any of the straightforward or convoluted instruction provided in the manual, in the answers below, or instructions found by googling. Sorry folks, if you want the safe answer, it is no this does not resume where you left off after stopping (not pausing since that would be a "dah") the episode. Just as an aside, I've owned many dvd players over the years, and this is the first one I've encountered where this function doesn't work.

Question 3

will this playback DVD  +rw media

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Have a deck with 2 sets of speakers wired for stereo.
Want a cd player to drive these to a low minimal volume.
Would the Panasonic changer provide enough power to perform this task?

John in Colorado .

Question 4

Will this unit play in the loop mode?

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Thank you for reaching out! Yes this unit will play videos on repeat.

ASIN	B00KC0HVTQ
Analog Video Format	NTSC
Audio Output Mode	Stereo
Best Sellers Rank	#11,423 in Electronics ( See Top 100 in Electronics ) #22 in DVD Players
Brand	Panasonic
Built-In Media	Progressive Scan 1080p Up-conversion Dvd Player
Color	black
Compatible Devices	Television
Connectivity Technology	HDMI
Connector Type	Micro USB
Controller Type	Remote Control
Customer Reviews	4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (4,601)
File Format	MP4, AVI, MP3, JPEG
Item Dimensions L x W x H	12.2"L x 8.03"W x 1.54"H
Item Weight	2.4 pounds
Manufacturer	Panasonic
Media Type	DVD
Mfr Part Number	DVD-S700
Model Name	PANDVDS700RB
Model Number	DVD-S700
Number of Channels	2
Other Special Features of the Product	Compact
Power Consumption	10 watts
Resolution	1920x1080
Supported Audio Format	CD, CD-DA, CD-R, CD-RW
Surround Sound Channel Configuration	5.1
Total Number of HDMI Ports	1
UPC	885170140134
Unit Count	1 Count
Video Encoding	MPEG-2
Video Output Resolution	1080p
Warranty Description	1 Year Limited (Parts) / 90 Days (Labor)

Panasonic DVD Player with Dolby Digital Sound, 1080p HD Upscaling for DVDs, HDMI and USB Connections - DVD-S700 (Black) | HDMI and USB connections, dolby digital sound, 1080p HD upscaling for DVDs

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