gedo
Established Member
What kind of impact do you guys think that the lack of SD Multi-region hack is having on E1 sales ?
I sat on the fence for a wee while and bought the HD-DVD drive for my 360, which is located in the family room. Very happy with it but too noisy to be a serious replacement for a standalone player.
Finally bought an E1 when the chance came along at the right price (£280) to replace my ageing Denon 2800 which doesn't do any upscaling but was a seriously good piece of kit.
Now I'm in the position of being unable to use the 'best' player I own to play over 60% of my SD collection. I knew that this was a risk when I bought it but I'm now becoming a bit impatient for the mythical MR hack. I think this must be having a negative impact on E1 sales and therefore HD-DVD takeup.
I keep reading in other threads that the E1 is such a good DVD player, which I can't deny, but until I can make it multi-region for SD it will always be a compromised player.
I haven't missed the point that the E1 is a fantastic HD-DVD player, which it most certainly is, but most people here will have a far larger collection of SD material and due to the history of multi-region hacking most of it will be non-R2. The slowish HD release scheduled, due to the format being in its infancy, doesn't help matters.
Thoughts ?
I sat on the fence for a wee while and bought the HD-DVD drive for my 360, which is located in the family room. Very happy with it but too noisy to be a serious replacement for a standalone player.
Finally bought an E1 when the chance came along at the right price (£280) to replace my ageing Denon 2800 which doesn't do any upscaling but was a seriously good piece of kit.
Now I'm in the position of being unable to use the 'best' player I own to play over 60% of my SD collection. I knew that this was a risk when I bought it but I'm now becoming a bit impatient for the mythical MR hack. I think this must be having a negative impact on E1 sales and therefore HD-DVD takeup.
I keep reading in other threads that the E1 is such a good DVD player, which I can't deny, but until I can make it multi-region for SD it will always be a compromised player.
I haven't missed the point that the E1 is a fantastic HD-DVD player, which it most certainly is, but most people here will have a far larger collection of SD material and due to the history of multi-region hacking most of it will be non-R2. The slowish HD release scheduled, due to the format being in its infancy, doesn't help matters.
Thoughts ?