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Trying to decide between the Denon DVD-1600 and Panasonic RP-91 dvd player...plan on using it on either jvd or mitsubishi widescreen. Any opinions between the two on which you would take?
No experience with the Denon but I have the RP-91 feeding a Panny 47WX49 RPTV with excellent results. The 91 also doubles as a CDP and approaches the sound quality of my well-regarded Cal Icon Mk II.
I don't know when you bought your RP91, but the 1600 hasn't been around (at least here) for that long. It has much better *stock* audio than any Panasonic DVDP I heard. That is one thing Denon improved. I think a fairer function/price comparison would be between the RP82 and the 1600: though the RP82 isn't available yet, verified info suggests that its audio quality will be poorer than the 1600, and it's video quality will be as good. The RP91 should have better audio than the RP82. The RP82 is lots cheaper than the RP91 and less than the 1600, but its build quality will probably be lots less too...the money has to be saved somewhere for competing items. And Panasonic supplying Denon, they would be sure not to drastically conflict.As I said before, for *video*, it's tough to choose between 1600 and RP91. I personally keep music and video well separated, just my idiosyncrasy for now... But if you are the type who gets really annoyed by video anomalies and decoding/whatever glitches, the 1600 or RP56 wins for now. Don't forget, video is not like sound. You can interpret sound however you want, but video junk is there in front of your eyes and can't be denied or artistically interpreted.
Just my $.02, and though I've ordered an RP82, I still go back and look at the 1600 every few days, getting impatient...
Denon does a great job on the HT receiver end but I really like the Panasonic implementation of DVD video.drobo
that as far as video goes, the Denon IS a Panasonic. In some ways the 1600 video is better than that of the RP91, glitch-wise, but often the RP91 can look better. The RP91 does have a coaxial output, so that might affect his decision re an external DAC for music. I can see what a tough decision he has, but these days I consider DVDP's as disposable items (unfortunately, it's the way even the best of them are built, very little consideration for longevity, do they know something we don't?), so I'd buy the cheaper one.
I have the RP-91 and auditioned the Denon, guess which one I liked better?I feel if nothing else the RP-91 has two superior aspects:
programmable flexability
audio quality
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