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Panasonic DVD Players October 1996 - cover

An eight-page booklet introducing Panasonic’s first DVD players at the format’s commercial launch. Two models: the flagship DVD-A300 at ¥98,000 with a built-in Dolby Digital (AC-3)/5.1ch surround decoder and a proprietary MPEG2 video decoder LSI, and the DVD-A100 at ¥79,800 featuring a Class AA audio circuit. The copy declares “DVD that cleared Hollywood’s requirements.” The back cover carries a full spec table for both models, published by Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Optical Disk Division.

ModelTypePrice
PANASONIC DVD-A300DVD player¥98,000
PANASONIC DVD-A100DVD player¥79,800
昭和71年10月(1996 October)DVD-JJCA9610

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