Harman Kardon DVD 22 Progressive-Scan DVD Player

by Harman Kardon

Product Details

Product Manual [2.14mb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 15.8 x 17.3 x 2 inches ; 6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 9 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B0000D8HRK
• Item model number: DVD 22
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #94,027 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Harman Kardon's high-performance DVD 22 makes it easier than ever to enjoy your favorite movies, music, and digital photos from the comfort of your living room. In addition to compatibility with DVD-Video, the DVD 22 can play MP3 and WMA CDs, DVD-R/-RWs, DVD+R/-RWs, and multisession CD-ROMs, as well as recordable CDs filled with JPEG image files. Its enhanced versatility extends to the its program play, random play, and repeat play modes, which function with all discs, including MP3/WMA CDs. Additionally, the DVD 22 includes a host of picture-search and convenience functions.

The DVD 22's Harman-exclusive navigational interface provides ready access to favorite DVD titles and chapters, CD tracks, and WMA and MP3 files and folders via an intuitive onscreen menu. The player can also simultaneously play MP3 tracks and JPEG images, automatically changing images with each MP3 track played in slideshow presentations.

The DVD 22 achieves a remarkable new level of progressive-scan video playback quality when used with a high-definition or HD-ready television or display, thanks to digital pixel-by-pixel processing. This processing upconverts images to progressive-scan one pixel at a time, rather than one line at a time, as conventional DVD players do. The pixel-by-pixel reconstruction is accomplished by an integrated digital signal processor that provides smoother, more realistic images with exceptional detail and contrast relative to standard progressive-scan performance.

The DVD 22 also performs 3:2 pulldown. DVD mastering introduces a common distortion when adjusting 24-frames-per-second movies to 30 fps video; 3:2 pulldown digitally corrects this distortion, removing the redundant information to display a film-frame-accurate picture. Three picture-zoom settings with panning capability and parental locks round out the video features.

Audiophile-grade 24-bit/192 kHz audio digital-to-analog converters ensure the highest possible fidelity and resolution, and the player uses premium-quality internal components in the audio signal path.

The player includes both progressive-scan and interlaced component-video outputs, available simultaneously with S-video and composite-video playback. Audio outputs include coaxial and optical digital and stereo analog, plus a headphone jack with a dedicated level control for private listening. The player comes with a backlit, ergonomically designed remote control.

Ultraslim, with a gloss-black upper panel, silver lower panel, blue dot-matrix display, and a minimum of visible controls, the DVD 22 cuts a striking picture. Its low height lets you place it virtually anywhere, including on the thin glass shelves used in many contemporary equipment racks and TV stands, or atop a receiver, where cabinet space may be limited. The player's styling matches Harman Kardon's receivers, speakers, and other AV components.

What's in the Box
DVD player, remote control, remote batteries, user's manual, stereo analog audio interconnect/composite-video cable.

Product Description

Harman Kardon DVD22 DVD Video Player - From its aesthetic, streamlined appearance to its stunning A/V performance, you realize that this DVD Player has a little edge over others. It's that little edge that offers greater viewing pleasure and dependability that you can be sure about. This is a very good choice for anyone who's interested in gathering a fine home-theater component sound and video system. Is this where you're at? Audio Output DACs - Wolfson 192kHz/24-bit Progressive Scan Output with 3/2 pulldown, reconstruction and pixel-by-pixel scaling Digital Outputs - Coax, optical Illuminated remote control Unit Size (H x W x D) - 2 x 17-5/16 x 12 inches Weight - 7.5 pounds 1-Year parts and labor manufacturer's warranty

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic DVD Player with reliability problems, August 6, 2004

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Reid Sorenson (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Harman Kardon DVD 22 Progressive-Scan DVD Player (Electronics)

Beautiful industrial design, perfectly matches the HK receiver it sits on top of. Plays every disc like a dream... haven't seen a single skip or even an ugly screen artifact common with dirty or scratched discs. I wasn't sure it would be worth the price, but now that I have it, there are no regrets. What more can I say?

*------Two Years Later-------*

Well, I still think it was a great DVD player, when it worked. After about 9 months the player stopped accepting discs, refusing to spin up. It took 2 months to get it repaired, after which it worked, but was noisier than before. And now, about a year after the repair, the player has crapped out again, with the same problem. Here's hoping HK will still fix or replace it.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good DVD player, if it wasn't for the digital audio output, November 15, 2004

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Tampabuyer (Tampa, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Harman Kardon DVD 22 Progressive-Scan DVD Player (Electronics)

Pros:
Beautiful picture, beautiful color, flawless sound--has built in Wolfson audio processors! If you don't mind not having HD upconversion, and don't need to play SACD's, this is a fantastic DVD player. Built in DTS and Dolby decoding processors are the best I've heard on any DVD player yet; even over Denon, Sony, Samsung, Zenith, and Panasonic. The closest I've seen comparable to this DVD player for the same price is the Toshiba S 5970.

Cons:
No HD upconversion--even though the picture is virtually flawless. HK has reported numerous issues w this DVD player's digital optical outputs (which I have had to return 2 in as many months) and is discontinuing it to concentrate on their new DVD31 (which does play SACD's and HDCD's, where this model does not).

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Useless remote control- good sound and picture, January 30, 2005

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B. Kingsley "bk_audio" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Harman Kardon DVD 22 Progressive-Scan DVD Player (Electronics)

the Harman/Kardon DVD 22 is generally a step above the run-of-the-mill players without becoming rediculous in price. It uses pixel-by-pixel - rather than line-based processing to produce a noticeably better image in progressive scan. It does have a stunning good picture.

It has been reported on some websites that there are "issues" with the optical output. I have not encountered this since I use the coax output and analog output. Audio analog out is very, very good.

The machine is hampered by truly lousy remote control. A bunch of white buttons. Above the buttons, in grey letters (almost impossible to see and blending into the background) are the names of the controls. Yes, the remote is backlighting, but that does little good since it just illuminates the white buttons, NOT the lettering which explains what the buttons are for. all this could be acceptable if the layout were "normal". But it isn't. The "pause button", for example, is nowhere near the "play" button. I found the remote impossible to live with.

My Pioneer VSX 1014 receiver (new model) did not have the controls for the H/K built in, so I had the program the Pioneer remote with the H/K codes. Finally, I was able to throw the H/K remote in some drawer some where, hopefully not to be seen again.