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Posted by Derek Janssen on 01/08/07 20:54
chrisv wrote:
> Mark Burns wrote:
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>>I personaly have an Oppo 971 HDMI upconverter on a 3-yr old 52" JVC
>>RPTV as well as an Oppo 970 on a 3-month old 42" Visio LCD and am very
>>happy with both of those. I can't justify the Blu-ray or HD-DVD either
>>compared to what I am getting and what that I have seen in the stores.
>>I too believe that either of the new formats is better, just not better
>>enough.
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> I've been curious to try the Oppo w/upconvertor on my Toshiba CRT
> RPTV, which is similar in age to yours. I've not, though, because I
> only have one digital (DVI) input, and I wanted to reserve that for
> future use (e.g. HDCP-protected HD). However what I've read recently
> indicates that the older version of HDCP that my set has might be
> obsolete, which means I may as well use the DVI for upconverted DVD.
As to the LG model, the first facts are in:
(http://www.thedigitalbits.com )
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As expected, LG Electronics officially announced their new combo player
at an afternoon press conference, which will be capable of displaying
both HD-DVD and Blu-ray Disc content. The LG Super Multi-Blue player
will retail for about $1,199. It will appear sometime in the first
quarter of 2007 and feature 1080p output. According to LG president Hee
Gook Lee, "We've developed the Super Multi-Blue Player to end the
confusion caused by the current competition between Blu-ray Disc and
HD-DVD. Customers are no longer forced to choose between the two
formats." Interestingly, it was revealed that it will display Blu-ray
menus normally, but the menus on HD-DVD discs will be displayed via its
own custom interface (due to the fact that the player was originally
intended as a Blu-ray deck, and HD-DVD capability was added late in the
development process).
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As the 1/8 article goes on to report,however, most of the first CES day
was devoted to Warner, Microsoft and Toshiba as Official HD-DVD "I'm Not
Corporate-Tie-In Dead!...I'm Getting Better!" Day
Derek Janssen (it feels happyyy...)
ejanss@comcast.net
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