Video Asylum

Posted by Pete J on November 01, 1999 at 10:37:58:

In Reply to: I'm not aware of any progressive scan DVD players... posted by Rich on November 01, 1999 at 10:22:43:

I thought that I read that the Denon 3300, the Toshiba 5109 and 9100 and the Panasonic H-1000 all had progressive scan outputs in native 480p format that was the best way to view dvds. The reason for choosing the Hitachi was price. All the competitive HDCD ready rear projection TV's were $4500 to $6000 list, but the Hitachi was $3500. From what I read it has a lot of features but the color temperature adjustment was not adaquate to allow a proper rendition of color---things had a blue cast. I am not able to see one here in the boonies so I will have to wait for a trip to a larger city to make a comparison. I am hoping that there are others at this site that may have already done this and can shed some insight as to how much I loose going to Hitachi. Thanks for your advice though. If I find an affordable set by the better makers or if the Hitachi is intolerable, I will change my advice.