Yamaha DVD-S1700 DVD/CD/SACD/DVD-Audio player with 1080p video upconversion

by Yamaha

Product Details

• Item Weight: 8.9 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 pounds
• ASIN: B000M93NSU
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #41,232 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

3-step display dimmer * aluminum front panel * audio/video output (composite, S-video, and 480i/480p component video) * gold-plated terminals * remote control *

Customer Reviews

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25 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great picture, fairly minor issues, January 24, 2007

By 

G. Taylor "gtaylor0" (Westport, CT) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Yamaha DVD-S1700 DVD/CD/SACD/DVD-Audio player with 1080p video upconversion (Electronics)

I've had this unit about a month, and have played commercial (personal and Netflix) DVD's all day long with no problems, i.e., playing warm or cold, pristine or slightly used, through an HDMI connection. It has a very sharp "upconverted" picture, displays deep color, presents no motion problems (blurring), I've noticed absolutely no layer-change pauses through several disks, and have noticed no CUE or macroblocking issues, either. It also has a myriad of picture controls to fine tune the picture, although I've used my Sony XBR LCD to do most of that. And, in what Yamaha calls NL Stretch mode, 4:3 aspect ratio DVD's look pretty darn good when filling the screen; it basically stretches mostly the edges, so something like 80% of the center is relatively intact - that is, people don't look like blobs. So far it's played everything I've thrown at it, although I have yet to try every format. Also, it seems to be very well made and is very quiet. Some minor complaints: menu response times are slow (although DVD menu's seem to be okay), in that it takes a couple of clicks to get the menu to move; also, when you change DVD picture settings the player pauses the DVD to make the changes, then resumes where it left off, so you can't see it on screen as you're making them; and, the dimmer seems to have only two settings - bright (although it's not very) and dim - with no "auto" setting, as advertised. Overall, unless you're ready to camp with HD DVD or BlueRay, I recommend this pretty impressive DVD player.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It is a good product, February 22, 2008

By 

Ticocim "J. Rojas" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yamaha DVD-S1700 DVD/CD/SACD/DVD-Audio player with 1080p video upconversion (Electronics)

It is an universal DVD player. It is not a High Definition version.

I did test it with DVD,DivX, SACD, MP3 and CD. And the performance with this kind of media is acceptable.

The multichannel output works very well. I did connect it with a Yamaha receiver RX-V861. DivX sounds very good.

The only detail I should mention is that the HDMI interface is not 1.2 then it doesn't pass DSD across high definition interface. I need to connect the 6 analog cables to listen SACD multichannel. But in my case it was not a problem.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not Quite Up to Snuff, September 2, 2009

By 

Shaw Lynn Preeste - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Yamaha DVD-S1700 DVD/CD/SACD/DVD-Audio player with 1080p video upconversion (Electronics)

This item looks great, set-up is simple, and has everything needed to operate right out of the box. The picture produced is terrific.

However, the DVD being watched had better be pristine, because if it has the slightest flaw, this player will lock up and will not get past the flaw (dust spot, small scratch, ding, etc.). It seems to have limited oversampling to manage defects in the DVD surface/data.

I bought two of these players and both hung up on the same DVDs at the exact same place, but the cheap player that I had been using, and which was being replaced with one of the Yamahas, played right over the defect without a glitch. So, I was disappointed right off the bat. But, with a new, unblimished, DVD, it plays great and gives a fantastic picture. Just hope I don't have too many flawed DVDs.