Standalone DVD player and PS3?

rulocal · 24-04-2008, 9:42 PM

I have just bitten the bullet and picked up a PS3. I have a load of SD DVDs and want to get the best out of them. I am happy to pay, say, 250 for a second hand standalone player if there would be a decent audio/video/features improvement over the PS3. WOuld it be worth it and what players should I be considering? The Pioneer 989 is the one that stands out to me.

Cheers

maus · 24-04-2008, 9:51 PM

Are you not happy with the PS3's ability to upscale SD DVD to 1080p whilst outputting AC3 or DTS via the optical output?

IAN P · 24-04-2008, 9:52 PM

Well,if your amp can do LPCM over hdmi then just use the ps3.If you've only got coaxial or optical then get the pioneer

It has 2 hdmi,just use the ps3.

rulocal · 24-04-2008, 9:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by maus

Are you not happy with the PS3's ability to upscale SD DVD to 1080p whilst outputting AC3 or DTS via the optical output?

I should have explained that the PS3 has not arrived yet so my question is hypothetical (at the moment)

Quote:

Originally Posted by IAN P

Well,if your amp can do LPCM over hdmi then just use the ps3.If you've only got coaxial or optical then get the pioneer

My amp can do LPCM but could I not do the Pioneer to my amp via LPCM? Also, picture wise would the Pioneer and the PS3 be on par?

Cheers

IAN P · 24-04-2008, 10:04 PM

Yeah the pioneer would do sd-dvd,but it's blu-ray on the ps3 where you wanna be.

I'm not saying the ps3 is on a par with the pioneer when it comes to upscaling,it's just difficult to ignore the blu-ray side of things.

rulocal · 24-04-2008, 10:09 PM

Thanks again Ian.

I am definitely getting the PS3, which I will use for gaming/bluray but I want to know whether it is worth me getting a Pioneer, for example, to get the best out of SD DVDs. My question really is; for SD DVDs is the Pioneer noticeably better than the PS3 for audio/video?

IAN P · 24-04-2008, 10:13 PM

Here's the forums own review,the machine is pretty old,3 years i think.

Pioneer 989 Review...

Personally i wouldn't buy it imho.

rulocal · 24-04-2008, 10:15 PM

Thanks for the link. Perhaps I will pick up a relatively cheap player for multiregion duties.

IAN P · 24-04-2008, 10:23 PM

That's what i've done,got the pioneer 600 for multi region and dvd-audio and sacd,and the ps3 for blu-ray

rulocal · 24-04-2008, 10:28 PM

I might well do that then.

IAN P · 24-04-2008, 10:31 PM

Best of luck mate

TheHobbit · 25-04-2008, 3:03 PM

If you want the best SD and great CD audio from a single player you could do worse than the Yanaha DVDS2700, currently reduced from nearly a grand to 299 at Peter Tyson.

Just got mine and the performance is stunning with both.