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Posted by TB on 10/11/05 02:07
"Pred02" wrote:
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> In the similar price range I saw the Yamaha DVD-S2500, and the Denon
> DVD-2910B. The Denon DVD-2910 also hasa HDMI output, which I am not
> sure if it makes any difference over composite video, but it also
> claims to offer 720p and 1080i output. I know that the plasma screen
> does offer this mode.
I have the Denon 3910 which is the next model up from the 2910. IMO, it's
the best player for the money. You can output both NTSC as well as PAL video
without an external decoder, the picture and audio is reference quality and
the player is easily region-free hackable with a software flash upgrade. It
has a *lot* of features for tweaking and storing several different video
settings for various kinds of dvds.
I have A/B'd the 2910, 3910 and the 5910 and there's a minor but noticeable
difference in the video and audio quality (especially on SACDs) between the
2910 and 3910 but the 2910 is still an excellent player that stands far
above most other players in the same price range. The top of the line 5910
is almost double the price of the 3910 and I honestly didn't see any
difference between it and the 3910.
The only complaint I could say is that the player is slow to load and start
discs, but the reason is so it buffers a bigger then most players amount of
data which means layer changes are far more smooth then just about any other
player I've seen. IMO, the 3910 should be the last dvd player I'll ever buy
until whatever HiDef format has supplanted traditional dvds.
T.B.
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