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Posted by Sean Black on 05/11/52 11:54
In article <4j91piF6tmtnU1@individual.net>, Gunther Gloop
<me@privacy.net> writes
>POD {Ò¿Ó} wrote:
>> Sean Black <sean@bucks-aggs.demon.co.uk> once tried to test me. I ate
>> their liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti
>>
>>> In article <4j7dckF6kdr6U1@individual.net>, Gunther Gloop
>>> <me@privacy.net> writes
>>>> So with those provisos in mind... is there _any_ 100% reliable HDMI
>>>> or DVI dvd player out there?
>>>>
>>> I've got a Samsung HD-950. Plays everything, Divx etc... HDMI,
>>> DVD-Audio, SACD. Easily made multi-region.
>>>
>>> It's pretty good, with only a few minor niggles. The remote isn't the
>>> most responsive, you have to manually switch between NTSC and PAL.
>>> The disc tray won't take double sided discs and it doesn't show time
>>> remaining. Which annoyingly enough, seems to be a feature missing
>>> from most DVD players/recorders for some reason.
>>>
>>> Or they do an HD850 which is exactly the same apart from the DVD-A
>>> and SACD.
>>
>> That's the one I have, and it does the job, even if as Sean says, it
>> has it's little quirks. My main beef is still the HDMI audio message.
>
>I was thinking of that machine -although I'm not sure they make them
>anymore.
>
>Remind me... what's the HDMI audio message again?
"HDMI not supported" flashes on the screen for a few seconds. I think
you can turn off on-screen messages, but once you switch the player off,
it forgets, so you're back to square one again.
> Does it only appear on
>DVD-A/ SACD discs?
No, DVDs too, not sure about DIVX, and every time the audio changes, or
is interrupted, when you're in the menu and go to another part, play the
DVD or scene select extra features, you get it, even when there's a
layer change. It's annoying, but you get used to it. No reason they
couldn't have fixed it though, if they had wanted to.
>Does it appear on the HD850 (if you know)?
Don't know for sure, but I would imagine so. I think they are the same
player minus DVD-A/ SACD.
>
>(by the way... I'll be using the HDMI port for video only -ie. using an
>adapter to go to DVI on the projector. Audio will (I imagine) be connected
>via component..?)
Mine is connected HDMI to plasma and optical cable to my amp. The 950
also has the six phono connectors, not sure if the 850 has them though.
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Sean Black
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