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Posted by kim on 09/09/06 22:21
"Temsonic" <dim.sp@miau.diolch> wrote in message
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> "mo" <anon@anon.com> wrote in message
> news:9cadnTU4DcEyh57YnZ2dnUVZ8qudnZ2d@giganews.com...
> > Or not?
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> > My first and only DVD player (although that has more to do with the fact
I
> > watch almost nothing on my normal TV - all on PC)
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> Wouldn't have thought so. I have a 575 which improves on the 444 specs by
> having SACD and DVD-Audio compatibility, a 12-bit video DAC (444 has a
> 10-bit DAC) and looking at an old review online, it lists the 444's format
> compatibility as: DVD/DVD-R/DVD-RW/CD/CD-R/CD-RW/VCD/MP3 playback. The 575
> also adds DVD+R/RW, DIVX, MPG, JPG, WMA and (I've heard but not tried it
> myself) OGG audio.
>
> The 575 also has 5.1 phono outputs, mainly for the DVD-Audio and SACD
> playback, but also has built in DD and DTS decoders. And the 656 improves
> further still by having 2 Scarts. The 444 was a good player in its day but
> technology moves on.
I have a 575 too, the mechanism sucks. It's noisy in standby mode and slow
to respond to the remote. What use is SACD and DVD-Audio when it's drowned
by the sound of the motor? The Scart socket is a notoriously bad fit and the
RGB output is demonstrably inferior to earlier Pioneer players. Colors are
smeared when playing the test patterns from Digital Video Essentials. Except
for DivX and the like I prefer my old DV-430 which was an entry level
player.
(kim)
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