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The Insignia NS-BRDVD is a Profile 2.0 blu-ray player that offers HD images in 720p, 1080i and 1080p formats via HDMI, and also is capable of DVD upscaling. This is a low cost player manufactured by the Funai corporation which makes nearly half the DVD players sold in North America, and is rebranded by Magnavox for retail. Other brands selling this same basic player are Magnavox and Sylvania. It has built-in decoders for Dolby Digital Plus and DTS-HD, plus Dolby TrueHD. The player also has a Secure Digital media slot for viewing images stored on Secure media cards (SD cards). The player has 1 stereo, 1 digital optical and 1 digital coaxial audio output, plus 1 composite video, 1 component video, as well as 1 HDMI output.
Features
Profile 2.0
720p, 1080i and 1080p images via HDMI
1080p DVD upconverting
Dolby Digital Plus, DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD decoders built-in
SD card slot for image display
Audio outputs: 1 stereo, 1 digital optical and 1 digital coaxial
Video outputs: 1 composite, 1 component
HDMI ouput
Panasonic UniPhier chipset
Review By Pcmag
It’s likely to be at least another year before new Blu-ray disc (BD) players reach the magical sub-$100 price that seems to trigger mainstream adoption, but some of today’s players deliver practically pristine audio and video quality at increasingly affordable prices. The Insignia NS-BRDVD Blu-ray Disc Player is sold by electronics retailer Best Buy, and at $199.99 (direct) it’s the least expensive model we’ve ever tested. Its excellent picture quality with Blu-ray movies is further enhanced by the player’s flexible multimedia file support.
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Review By Buyblurayplayers
The player itself is not the most exciting looking design. But who really buys electronics based on the exterior looks? It’s a basic box design with tray on the left and blu-ray logo on the right. There is small LCD display screen for general information display. The SD card reader is nice bonus if you plan to view digital pictures. The remote is nothing to gush over. It is pretty standard remote and it does its job adequately. The menu is pretty easy to navigate and straight forward.
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Review By Hometheaterreview
The Insignia brand is sold exclusively through Best Buy retailers and includes products like TVs, DVD players, and digital photo frames. The NS-BRDVD is Insignia’s first Blu-ray player, released in mid-2008. This is a Profile 1.1/BonusView player, which means it contains the necessary audio and video decoders for picture-in-picture content, but it lacks the BD-Live Web functionality you get when you move up to Profile 2.0. Prices continue to drop on this entry-level player, which was listed at a super-low $170 on December 1, 2008. Plus, the box includes a $100 coupon book to receive discounts on Blu-ray titles from Disney, Touchstone, and Miramax, which adds even more value.
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Review By Reviews.cnet
Blu-ray players generally aren’t the hottest looking product in your home theater system, but even with those lower standards, the Insignia’s looks are uninspiring. From the front, the NS-BRDVD has a big, boxy appearance. A small strip of gray runs along the perimeter, and the rest of the face plate is black with a blue “Blu-ray” logo on the far left. Farther to the right is the disc tray and just right of center is the LCD screen, which is large enough to read comfortably from a seating distance of about 7 feet. On the far right are some playback controls, including play, stop, and pause. Beneath that is an SD card slot.
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