Posted by Alotta Fagina on 09/07/06 12:37

You wrote:

>
> In article <Xns9836DA950C0CEearthnetau@130.133.1.4>,
> Rob <rowens@earth.net.au> wrote:
>> wrote on Tue, 05 Sep 2006 17:09:44 GMT:
>>
>>> hello,
>>>
>>> ive read all about the Faroudja chipset and why its cool. Oppo seems
>>> to be the enthusiasts choice. is there any difference between the
>>> Oppo and say Samsung, or others which use the same chipset?
>>>
>>> one advantage i can think of is universal remote-control settings.
>>>
>>
>>Don't forget about the new German Panasonic DVD-S99 and it's
>>predecessor, the DVD-S97 late in UK but still available in US, IIRC.
>>Both are excellent machines and very similar to Oppo but with HDMI
>>instead of DVI interface.
>
> The new, cheaper Oppo DV-970HD uses HDMI.

But the 970 does NOT use Faroudja processing - check the subject!

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