jackdaniel5
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hi all ...can anyone tell me what the best dvd player is on the market at the minute...i need a hd one, but not a recorder cos i have sky+.....thanks
thanks for that.....just one more question my tv is 5 months old(37"lg lcd) and was just wondering if it would accept the frame rate on the dvd...1080/24?
cheers for that, im going to buy the high def dvd player but which one is value for money.. i have £150... is that not enough or too much?
You should also read up on the differences between Blu Ray and HD DVD. If you buy one, it won't play the HD dvds from the other. Plus, you will have to pay more money for the High Definition DVDs, eventhough, these players all do an admirable job of upscaling SD DVDs. For SD DVDs, most can't be made region free.
£150 won't get you very far in the world of High Definition DVD at this moment in time.
thanks for that.....just one more question my tv is 5 months old(37"lg lcd) and was just wondering if it would accept the frame rate on the dvd...1080/24?
Why ? I have an original Tosh A1 that's now over a year old. The image quality is very good with upscaled DVD and superb with HD DVD. The E1 and A2 are great value with full HDi support including network interactivity.
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I'm assuming that jd is going to want a bit of change for actual movies?!- I still suggest waiting a) until prices drop and b) there is more choice available at the lower end of the market- IMHO. In any case, he should study the format before spending a single penny.
I'm all for people making informed decisions but £150 for an upscaling DVD player or £170 for a HD DVD is a no brainer assuming the OP doesn't require MR DVD. Think of it as a very good quality upscaling DVD player with the added bonus of HD DVD playback.
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Magazines such as What Hi-fi still rate quality Standard dvd players ABOVE most of the £500+ HD players!
£170 still seems a staggeringly low price for a HD player to me. Magazines such as What Hi-fi still rate quality Standard dvd players ABOVE most of the £500+ HD players! They also advise choosing carefully before jumping into the new format.
Still, if you recommend your HD player, who am I to argue!
I'm all for people making informed decisions but £150 for an upscaling DVD player or £170 for a HD DVD is a no brainer assuming the OP doesn't require MR DVD. Think of it as a very good quality upscaling DVD player with the added bonus of HD DVD playback.
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I do not consider What HiFi? to be a reliable source of review in any way, shape or form.
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What Hifi would be about the bottom of my list of 'trusted' information.
Why?
Their review info is often inaccurate and there claims are at best misleading or just plain wrong IMO.
For example I read their recent article (May 07 page 53) suggesting upgrading to a £70 Monster PS3 HDMI cable to produced better image quality. I quote -
"Colours are more vivid, and images solid and three-dimensional with good depth of field. It's almost entirely free of any noise, and only the occasional touch of smearing with motion and fractionally soft edges mark it down against the very best HDMI cables at this price point" - Really.....
In their in depth "HD Audio" review (July page 55) they also claim the Tosh E1 doesn't decode/support Dolby TrueHD or Dolby Digital Plus. - It does
In the September issue BDP-LX70 review (page 21) they claim "this player doesn't support HDMI 1.3a. So if you want to listen to the latest codecs, such as Dolby TrueHD fromat, they'll have to be decoded in the player and piped to your receiver via 5.1 analogue outputs." This can also be achieved over HDMI.
Personally I woudn't trust their reviews based on past experience.
If nothing else it's an entertaining read in the bathroom and useful when the loo roll runs out.
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