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I am announcing that I have taken the brave decision of buying the SAGEM AXIUM DLP-50 !
I know I could be criticized for doing this because with the money I used, I could've bought a DLP set which is HDCP-enabled (like the Toshiba 46 or 52). But I did do a bit of research, and more...
I went to Comet last Friday, brought along with me a few DVDs (R1,R2, legal, pirated, original, copies - didn't watch them all though), home VCD and even my Karaoke NTSC composite machine. Sure there were only 3 of them to compare (Sagem, Samsung50, and Toshiba46) but I've discounted Optoma/Themescene because of lack of NTSC support, also tested and discounted LG and Sony LCDrp, and the others were just cost-prohibitive... I didn't get the chance to test Sagem45 but I'm not bothered as it has smaller screen, higher price and problems already reported through avforums (like the green push, dodgy speakers, limited viewing angle, etc).
In short, the Sagem 50 was IMO the best for me - it simply had the best picture performance (just superb and awesome) and overall quality (although Toshiba was best in sound).
Of course I considered hi-def and HDCP, but in the end, they didn't become very important... If however, in the future this will become necessary, I will use HTPC... I also think that Sky/BBC's announcement that HD broadcasts will only be availabe with HDCP - will be beaten by such products we might in the future know as 'HDCP enabler', 'HDCP disabler', HDCP adaptor, etc, etc. And I think they will soon realize that 'HDCP-only' is not a good proposition, because of the mere fact that majority of the British public do not own such sets, and will not buy another set for the purpose of watching hi-def (most still not got the hang of standard dvds - how many have digital TV? have Sky? have widescreen? have dvd recorder?)...
Isn't it that in America, most HDTV is watched using the component input?... Why then should UK not go towards that direction?
Now for the reason why I'm starting this thread... As I'm expecting the delivery of my Sagem50 from Comet end of next week, I appreaciate if anyone could give me advice/pointers/hints as to how I could maximize the capability of the Sagem50... like I mean how do I set it up? what is the best multi-region DVD player to partner it with? any problems I might expect? how will I solve them? how to use the different AV connections? etc, etc...
BTW, I'll be using the Sagem at present for DVD, Freeview and XBox... and for the future, hi-def using HTPC, or either Blue-Ray or HD dvd, and DivX, also hi-def gaming...
Thanks. Long live to good old home entertainment...
I know I could be criticized for doing this because with the money I used, I could've bought a DLP set which is HDCP-enabled (like the Toshiba 46 or 52). But I did do a bit of research, and more...
I went to Comet last Friday, brought along with me a few DVDs (R1,R2, legal, pirated, original, copies - didn't watch them all though), home VCD and even my Karaoke NTSC composite machine. Sure there were only 3 of them to compare (Sagem, Samsung50, and Toshiba46) but I've discounted Optoma/Themescene because of lack of NTSC support, also tested and discounted LG and Sony LCDrp, and the others were just cost-prohibitive... I didn't get the chance to test Sagem45 but I'm not bothered as it has smaller screen, higher price and problems already reported through avforums (like the green push, dodgy speakers, limited viewing angle, etc).
In short, the Sagem 50 was IMO the best for me - it simply had the best picture performance (just superb and awesome) and overall quality (although Toshiba was best in sound).
Of course I considered hi-def and HDCP, but in the end, they didn't become very important... If however, in the future this will become necessary, I will use HTPC... I also think that Sky/BBC's announcement that HD broadcasts will only be availabe with HDCP - will be beaten by such products we might in the future know as 'HDCP enabler', 'HDCP disabler', HDCP adaptor, etc, etc. And I think they will soon realize that 'HDCP-only' is not a good proposition, because of the mere fact that majority of the British public do not own such sets, and will not buy another set for the purpose of watching hi-def (most still not got the hang of standard dvds - how many have digital TV? have Sky? have widescreen? have dvd recorder?)...
Isn't it that in America, most HDTV is watched using the component input?... Why then should UK not go towards that direction?
Now for the reason why I'm starting this thread... As I'm expecting the delivery of my Sagem50 from Comet end of next week, I appreaciate if anyone could give me advice/pointers/hints as to how I could maximize the capability of the Sagem50... like I mean how do I set it up? what is the best multi-region DVD player to partner it with? any problems I might expect? how will I solve them? how to use the different AV connections? etc, etc...
BTW, I'll be using the Sagem at present for DVD, Freeview and XBox... and for the future, hi-def using HTPC, or either Blue-Ray or HD dvd, and DivX, also hi-def gaming...
Thanks. Long live to good old home entertainment...