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I'm still waiting for DVD

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In Reply to: George Lucas has done it again! posted by Jim P on August 30, 2000 at 09:47:47:

... to out perform LDs. They minimized banding (posterization). They reduced jitter (picture jumping). Now, they just have to tackle frame dropping (strobing), edging that doesn't look stairs (aliasing) & temporal synchronization of audio & video. Once they get it fixed I'll buy a DVD player too. Right now they still look like GIF movies, IMHO. Although, I've yet to see a CAL CL-25. I almost saw a CL-20 down at CSA Audio but although it was hooked up, they weren't playing it that day in their empty store.

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Re: I'm still waiting for DVD James W. 14:37:18 09/15/00 (1)
I am not quite sure which players you have been looking at or
what DVD's.
The Cals are pretty good! I owned a CL-20 and moded the audio
section, which made it pretty competitive with the most expensive
cd sepereates out there if not better than most.
I got sick and tired of the reliability issues and after discussing
improvements in technology of IC chips, from a friend who did
the mods and keeps up on this stuff, I decided to buy a Marantz
DVD 18 THX model. Half the retail price and I got a sweet deal
on a Refurb. Did a few basic mods myself based on his suggestions.
Picture on it dusts the Cal, it is not even close. Sound was as
good stock as the Cal except it was a little closed in and rolled
off. Bass was better and the midrange more even. With about 50.00
in parts etc the thing clobbered my modded Cal which was a good
bit better sonically than the standard CAL. None of these mods
had any effect on the picture, but they weren't intended too.
So check out the latest top o the line Pioneers and Marantz DVD's
the Toshiba's are also pretty good.
Happy watching,
James W.
- Re: I'm still waiting for DVD Mart 20:17:43 09/24/00 (0)
  What reliability issues with CL-20s? Just wondering, I own a CL-10.
  Have been viewing top of the line Marantz DVD players, but was hoping to check-out the CL-25 multi-video engines for improvement.
  
  ....just my 2�
  
  � Mart � �
  
  Audio Asylum
  where the Anal & Obsessed are the Analysts
It's been fixed for quite some time. Tom �. 20:53:37 09/03/00 (1)
Have you seen any DVD's lately? I'm not talking about 1-2 in a store demo either. Just like CD's, DVD mastering quality varies among titles and studios.
I stopped into Best Buy the other day. They now devote 85% of the movie floor space to DVD. DVD is here to stay. Decent DVD players are below $300.
With all your LD talk, I'm suprised you don't listen to music via vinyl.

Tom �.
- Re: It's been fixed for quite some time. Mart 05:56:09 09/04/00 (0)
  I would but a good TT just cost too damn much. I keep hoping that SACD will cure this for me.
  DVDs still look like network's rebroadcast of Stargate SG-1 to me. I constantly get distracted by the perception of moving pixels instead of moving pictures like a GIF files. & complete frame dropage which is extremely annoying. I agree with you that DVDs are here to stay. It just looks to me like the way original CD players sounded. I'm sure they'll eventually correct them. BTW, I agree some DVDs are just coasters. I'm not talking about those. Right now the biggest flaw are the expansion rates which makes me wonder what the CL-25 looks like with it's redundant parallel processing.

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