SOURCE:

Best Buys, Home Theatre Magazine

TITLE:

AMC DVD7 DVD Player & R9 AV Receiver

BRIEF:

AMC importer Hi-Fi and Video Marketing has managed something of a coup with this pair. Normally, the two would retail for well over two thousand dollars (see panel) but if you purchase them as a pair, you can expect to pay just $1999.

Equipment

The receiver has a sufficient number of inputs to suit just about anyone. ... Two optional and two coaxial digital inputs are provided and these can be assigned via the set-up menu to the CD, DVD or VCR2 inputs. All 5.1-channel inputs you'll ever need are also on-board.

The DVD7 is well-made and also well fitted-out, with optical and coaxial digital outputs, twin analog outputs, and composite, S-Video and component video outputs. The front panel is a joy, because of a joystick that enables you to access all the DVD7's features. Better still, the on-screen menuing system is so good that even first-time DVDers won't need to use the manual.

Performance

The performance of the DVD7 was very, very good. Track/chapter access was blindingly fast --- in fact switching from any mode to any other was blindingly fast. AMC must have the DVD7 on steroids! Picture quality was impressive in all modes, with super-crisp resolution that's as sharp as a tack, but it was the video quality in the special play mode that blew us away.