tidmack Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 Hi everyone, First, if anyone has suggestions on the search function of the board, help me out. You'd think we could sort the search by date too. I tried to look there first for recent info. I'm looking to upgrade my crummy $50 Toshiba player that's about 2 years old. LOTS of pixelation (sp?), even new discs. Pretty much a piece. I don't have any fancy cables for audio because my Mac preamp can only accept RCA, so I'm guessing that a new player with an average audio section may sound just as good as one with excellent audio on my setup. I do have the video with component cables though and a Sony tube HD (34HS420), so I wouldn't mind having a quality video section if possible. I know in my price range I'm not going to get the best, but are there any incredible values out there that I may be happy with? As always, thanks a ton for your input- Jeff Tiedke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Matthews Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 I ought to be ashamed, but the Wal-Mart cheapies are just fine. Progressive Scan is a feature that is essential to avoid the pixelation problems. http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=4171971 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcott Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 Hi everyone, First, if anyone has suggestions on the search function of the board, help me out. You'd think we could sort the search by date too. I tried to look there first for recent info. I'm looking to upgrade my crummy $50 Toshiba player that's about 2 years old. LOTS of pixelation (sp?), even new discs. Pretty much a piece. I don't have any fancy cables for audio because my Mac preamp can only accept RCA, so I'm guessing that a new player with an average audio section may sound just as good as one with excellent audio on my setup. I do have the video with component cables though and a Sony tube HD (34HS420), so I wouldn't mind having a quality video section if possible. I know in my price range I'm not going to get the best, but are there any incredible values out there that I may be happy with? As always, thanks a ton for your input- Jeff Tiedke Jeff, Here is a link to a site that will give you a rating of most DVD players for consideration. You will find Denon, Oppo, Panasonic, and a couple other players on this site that rank well and are under US$300! http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/cgi-bin/shootout.cgi?function=search&articles=all This rating really rates to video so if audio is your thing, you may want to audition before you buy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tidmack Posted November 23, 2005 Author Share Posted November 23, 2005 Fellas, Thanks for your quick input. I'll check out the ratings today at lunch. It looks like I'll be able to get one in my range! If anyone else has particular models that have served them well, let me know. Thanks! Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tofu Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 personally, i think the best cheap DVD player would be a computer with a soundcard that has some form of digital out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olorin Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 The Oppo looks really good. The Panasonic XP-30 and XP-50 are really good players -- I use the 30. There is also a sister model to the XP-30 -- RP-62? that doubles as the Denon 1600. These suffer a motor failure problem that the 30 and 50 do not. Trouble is, all the good, inexpensive Panasonics are out of production. If I were to buy a new DVD player today, it would be the Oppo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tidmack Posted November 23, 2005 Author Share Posted November 23, 2005 Thanks for the input everyone. I ordered the Oppo today and should have it early next week. I'll keep in touch with how it performs. have a good one- Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcott Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 Thanks for the input everyone. I ordered the Oppo today and should have it early next week. I'll keep in touch with how it performs. have a good one- Jeff They just released a firmware upgrade that will make your Oppo perform even better. The new Oppo is ranked higher than the Denon 5910 now and is number 1 !!!!! A few of the added features are DVD Audio, TrueLife Faroudja filters, cross color suppression control, 2-2 based cadence, and bass mangement. Unfortunately, it is only throught the DVI output. I would have liked to have seen an HDMI output with 10 bit RGB signal level output on HDMI. The chip is capable, the DVI output is not. Component output is limited to 480i. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffDurbin Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 I have the OPPO and like it quite a bit. I have not downloaded and installed the new firmware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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