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Posted by willbill on 07/07/07 21:57
Mark Burns wrote:
> On Jun 30, 8:08 pm, catherine yronwode <c...@luckymojo.com> wrote:
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>>Two Costco DVD players are available in the store but neither says whether
>>it supports the PAL format in addition to NTSC.
>>
>>Philips DCP855/37 for $190 (8.5 inch)
>>Panasonic DVD-LS850PK $190 (8.5 inch)
>>
>>Unfortunately neither the Philips DCP855/37 nor the Panasonic DVD-LS850PK
>>has any portable DVD player product reviews on the Internet. How can that
>>be?
>>
>>Does anyone know if the specification for the Philips DCP855/37 or the
>>Panasonic DVD-LS850PK sold at Costco handles both the NTSC and PAL DVD
>>formats?
>>
>>If so, which is the better buy?
>
>
> For as little as $150 for a 720p upconvert, or $230 for a 1080p
> upconvert, one can have an Oppo. These play both NTSC/PAL and can be
> made region free with a very simple remote control hack:
>
> http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks/oppo-opdv971h/5195
>
> These players are among the highest regarded players available for
> upconvert, but I also use it to play PAL on my NTSC televisions. I
> have both the 970 and 971 models and they are excellant. The 981
> model has gotten rave reviews.
>
> http://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers/oppo-dv-981hd/7844#comments
> http://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers/oppo-dv-970hd/7223#comments
>
> One reviewer above stated that it didn't autosize the screen for
> playback, which is not true. It does do this quite well but it has to
> be selected to do that from the setup menu.
> Oppo has been a great company in the past and very responsive.
>
> www.oppodigital.com
>
> Cheers...
i agree with your post
my OPPO 981 is hands down the best
universal player i've ever owned
it was close to flip a coin between it
and the less expensive OPPO 970 coz
the main thing i wanted was a player
for SACD (Super Audio CD)
i have a very recent Vizio 32" LCD, and
run the video via the included 6 ft.
HDMI cable (a really good one), uprezing
in the player itself to 720p
i'm glad i went with the 981
thanks for the refs. :)
....but i disagree with the 2nd comment at:
www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers/oppo-dv-981hd/7844#comments
<"...and who doesn't need an audiophile CD player.">
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
odd comment coz the 981 has multichannel outputs
via fiber digital audio, coax digital audio (not tried),
and analog (6 separate RCA connectors)
i haven't used the standard stereo (L/R) outputs,
but for DVD movies (DD5.1 and DTS5.1) have extensively
compared the multichannel fiber vs analog
and also listened to 5 rather good SACD multichannel
recordings (via the analog output)
odds are that whatever this guy considers
"an audiophile CD player" is going to cost
a lot more than $229
btw, i've pulled the fiber cable and now only
use the 5.1 analog RCA connectors for input into
my A/V receiver. the best sound connectors my
2 Panasonic DVD recorders have is fiber, so i still
use fiber for them (for good sound, my receiver also
has 4 fiber inputs, as well as 2 coax inputs, and
2 HDMI inputs, but using the HDMI for sound still
eludes me though it works fine for video straight
into my 32" Vizio)
bill
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