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Posted by Bill's News on 09/21/06 20:19
GMAN wrote:
> In article <451055de$1_1@newsfeed.slurp.net>, "Bill's News"
> <BillsNews@pcmagic.net> wrote:
>> matt@mailinator.com wrote:
>>> hello,
>>>
>>> at best buy i noticed there are now several dvd players aimed at
>>> HDTV
>>> owners. Samsung, Toshiba, LG, and Oppo online. they all offer hdmi
>>> playback, upscaling/upconverting of dvds, and DivX playback (which
>>> is
>>> important to me). one even has DivX Ultra (never used it yet).
>>>
>>> anybody have experience w/ any of them? comments? one better than
>>> the
>>> other, etc.. theyre all about the same price, except the oppo
>>> which
>>> is
>>> 200 bucks.
>>>
>>>
>>> thanks!
>>> matt
>>
>> I didn't know that BestBuy carried OPPO. But if it is the HDMI
>> version ONLY then you probably want to avoid it. OPPO gets raves
>> as
>> the best upscaler and I concur, but I understand that that only
>> applies to the DVI version presently - unless something has changed
>> in the past few months. It would be worth your while to find an
>> online vendor of their DVI version - sorry, I never remember model
>> numbers and I guess I could look mine up, but then I have to get up
>> and go indoors!
>>
>>
> Isnt HDMI basically DVI with audio included
As far as I know, yes. However, from what I've read of OPPO player
models, that which has the HDMI interface does not have their best
upscaler chip. This alone makes it worth running audio via a separate
lead. And I do not know whether the audio carried by HDMI is the same
as coax or optic surround - not that that would matter as an input to
my monitor?
> and DRM too?
DRM or HDCP? Both DVI inputs as well as the HDMI input on my monitor
have HDCP.
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