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Not to rain in anyone's parade but according to DavisDVD Microcosmos was pulled out of its original release date and no new date has been set. Yet. Bummer!

For the 727, I'm not sure since I do not have a surround setup. According to the manual regarding specs: Digital Audio Out --- IEC1937 for MPEG2, Dolby Digital and DTS Audio Format --- Digital: Mpeg/AC-3/DTS Hope that helps.

Glad to be of help, Peter. This player was also mentioned in the AVS forums as another option if you need a region-free player. Best regards!

A word of caution: Those sites that says the 727 needs to be modified is just pulling your leg and money. Trust me on this one, at least. I was apprehensive at first about its conversion capability. I asked in a thread at DVDTalk if anyone can verify this. Nobody answered my post (since I...

Jim...I got mine from Amazon for $90, shipped. They have it on sale today for $84.99 (lucky you!). Look for Philips DVD727. Yes, it's hard to find...I believe the 727 is a newer model than the 726. It does PAL to NTSC OOB. Set your output to NTSC and it will play an NTSC or PAL dvd. R1 titles...

The 726 needs a remote hack to be applied in order to make it region-free (or set it to any region you want). I've read that the hack for the 727 works for the 726. I was considering the Tosh 3900 but from the threads at DVDTalk it appears that you have to fiddle with it with some discs just...

The progressive Philips DVD727 ($90 from Amazon shipped) will do PAL to NTSC OOB and can be made region-free by a remote hack. So far it has played every R2, R3 and R1 disc I throw at it. Picture quality is excellent through component out.