Sony DVP-N730PS any good for Panasonic W6 plasma?

[Uzey]

I am soon to buy a Panasonic TH-42PW6 plasma screen and would like a good budget PAL and NTSC progressive DVD player to go with it.
Is the Sony DVP-NS730PS (130 GBP from Techtronics) a good choice or are there better out there for similar money?

Thanks in advance.

 

[daveb975]

Uzey,

Should be a good choice.

I have recently bought a PWD6, and am about to move from a Sony 900 to 930 DVD to gain PAL progressive scan.

Internally, the 730 is a very similar machine to the 930, apart from support for SACD.

The only reason I paid more for the 930 was I wanted a black player (the 730 is silver only)

May also be worth checking out the HK players, and the Yamaha 540, which also get good comments on here.

 

[gingerone]

Dave how do you rate the picture on the 930? Is the motion smooth in pal and ntsc progressive?

 

[KraGorn]

Originally posted by Uzey
(130 GBP from Techtronics)

You may want to reconsider that after doing a search on here about that company.

 

[Uzey]

well..... I suspected that they may not be the company that they advertise themselves to be because they have failed to contact me by email about enquiries I have made about spending 3000 GBP + with them.........
They're not in Currys league are they?

 

[daveb975]

gingerone - I pick up the 930 today, so Iwill let you know about PQ tomorrow!

Uzey - You should be able to pick up a 730 for this price from several places - my local Sony Centre has it for £130.

 

[gingerone]

Cheers Dave I've got a pa20 so I'm eager to hear.

 

[daveb975]

gingerone - initial impressions of the 930 are good. I tried quite a few DVDs last night on prog scan, and can confirm that the motion is smooth, and the prog scan introduces no lip sync problems.

I have only tried PAL discs so far, and have not had a chance to play around with the PQ settings.

As I suspected, PAL prog scan does not yield a 'night and day' difference over interlaced, and therefore the 930 only represents a slight improvement over my outgoing Sony 900. Still worth the outlay, though.

What player are you running at the moment?

 

[gingerone]

Ì'm running a jvc xv-n5 at the mo, which I doubt is as good as the sony 900 so I should see more of a difference if I upgrade than you did.

 

[Uzey]

I currently have a Sony 28" widescreen and a Tosh 220e DVD player. Can a Panny PWD6 42" and Sony 730 be any clearer than I see now? If so then it will be the best 3k GBP that I will ever spend!!!!!

 

[gingerone]

The point is you cannot get a cinematic experience from a 28" tv.
I daresay the picture you get at the moment is very good.
It all depends whether or not you want a bigger more cinematic picture or not.