Believed to be new / old stock or demo unit - without box or manual. Being sold as used but suspect it was never used/new old stock. See photos of cleanness inside unit.
This machine also plays audio/CDs
This particular player uses some of the best chips sets that were available in its time and featured the maximum amount of audio outputs. Great for a home theater.
Matching Remote included
Make no mistake this DVD player is made in the USA and retailed for almost $6,000. finding one today maybe next to impossible.
manufacturer advertisement for the player below
With so many fine mainstream DVD players
available for under $1000, a $5900 model must deliver substantially
higher performance as well as lots of features. EAD attempts to justify
the DVDMaster 8000 Pro's price with a combination of high-end style and
an ambitious set of operating parameters. As befits its high-end
pedigree, the markings and buttons on the 8000 Pro's faceplate are
minimal, reserving a substantial slice of real estate for its glistening
finish. Over the years, EAD gear developed a signature appearance based
on shiny silver faceplates textured to create iridescent rainbow
reflections. Jeff Rowland, of the Jeff Rowland Design Group, pioneered
this finish, but EAD has exploited it to its full potential. Visually,
the DVDMaster's glossy, 1/2-inch-thick faceplate immediately separates
it from any under-$1000 DVD player on the market.
The 8000 Pro
is based on a Panasonic chassis, so you might suspect it to be little
more than a tarted-up Panasonic. Suspect again. Just as the Meridian 596
DVD player used a computer's ROM drive because it was ideally suited to
the purpose, EAD chose a Panasonic DVD player because it offers the
best starting point for their new design.
EAD makes two versions
of the DVDMaster: the 8000 ($4500) and the 8000 Pro. The 8000 provides
its progressive component output courtesy of the Genesis chip designed
into the source Panasonic chassis. The Genesis's extensive adjustment
features include contrast, brightness, high sharpness, V sharpness, edge
sharpness, tint, color saturation, gamma, 3D video noise reduction,
block-noise reduction, mosquito-noise reduction, transfer mode, shift
position, and sepia, monochrome, and negative (reversed) image
capabilities. An aspect-ratio control pre-squeezes the image to allow
proper display of non-anamorphic program material on televisions that
lock into anamorphic mode when they receive a progressive input. A Video
Off mode disables the video circuits for audio-only playback. Seems
like the only feature left out is a cold-fusion generator.
The
Pro retains the Genesis chip and its outputs, but also bypasses it with
an upscale deinterlacing option, EAD's Adagio video circuit. This
proprietary board is based on a Silicon Image 503 chip and ADV 7122
triple video DAC and employs mil-spec components. It gets its video
signal directly from the digital output of the player's MPEG decoder.
EAD makes much of this direct connection in their literature, even
giving it a name—Direct Digital Feed. But all progressive-scan DVD
players that we know of use a direct digital feed between the MPEG
decoder and deinterlacing circuitry, with the only video
digital-to-analog conversion taking place at the output stage. The
Adagio board bypasses most of the video controls provided by the Genesis
chip, retaining only aspect-ratio control and the Video Off mode.
The Adagio board on the DVDMaster 8000 Pro provides the option of RGBHV
outputs. These are available from a 15-pin VGA connector. The latter
may also be switched to provide a component (Y-Pr-Pb) feed, with
component (only) also available from three RCA jacks.
You could,
if so inclined, build a surround-sound system sans processor by using
the DVDMaster as your sole signal source. Both the DVDMaster 8000 and
the DVDMaster 8000 Pro share the same multi-level, delta-sigma,
24-bit/192kHz Burr-Brown DACs, premium-quality analog volume control
with a switched resistive array, and exceptional audio output
capabilities. Adapters are provided to convert the balanced XLR jacks
used for all of EAD's upgraded audio outputs to RCA jacks, for those who
prefer (or must use) single-ended connections. Both players accommodate
all current DVD- and CD-based formats (apart from SACD, unfortunately),
and include onboard Dolby Digital and DTS decoders. One of the outputs
can feed a center surround speaker with a Dolby Surround EX- and DTS ES
(matrix)-compatible signal. There are two subwoofer outputs, but
although they are labeled Left and Right, both provide the same mono sub
signal. And their firmware is updatable via an RS-232 RJ-11 connector.
With its MultiBass system, EAD builds bass management into both
DVDMaster models. Bass management is also available for DVD-Audio. The
DTS/DVD-Audio 5.1-channel mode combines a 100Hz crossover highpass for
Small speakers with a second-order lowpass filter for the subwoofer.
There's also a DVD-Audio mode (DVD-A 6.0 flat), in which all channels
receive full-range signals. This mode can be used with either standard
DVD-Audio releases or with Chesky Records' unconventional 6.0-channel
setup (L/R front, L/R sides, L/R rear—no center or subwoofer). Level
trims are provided for all bass-management modes, but channel-delay
adjustments are available only for Dolby Digital.
Considering
the 8000 Pro's cost, the remote control is underwhelming. While I've
experienced much worse remotes, EAD's lacks the solid feel and
definitive looks of the best high-end controls. While appropriate for a
$1000 player, the DVDMaster deserves better. You can tell the remote's
top from its bottom in the dark, and you don't need a flashlight to make
it work, but, overall, it doesn't garner a ton of style points.