Video Asylum

Posted by Maiello (A) on May 15, 2003 at 11:49:47

In Reply to: I've got the Elite>>> posted by Jakkar on May 15, 2003 at 11:01:08:

I've never seen the picture from the '37, so I can't comment directly. While I don't know what the author's experience is, when I read something like, "the worst chroma upsampling," it's probably a significant fact. I came across this review while doing my homework:

"It also is an improvement on the previous elite models, the DV-09 and DV-05. Unlike them, the DV-37 has no significant chroma delay, and the ringing is improved. That said, we were still disappointed with this player. It has the worst chroma upsampling artifact of any of the players we have reviewed so far. We couldn’t imagine how someone could watch "Toy Story" on this player and not notice the jagged streaks on almost every red object in the movie. And, we noticed the problem on almost every movie we used in the testing, even when we weren’t looking for the problem. The red streaks were that bad."

• http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/volume_8_1/dvd-benchmark-pioneer-dv-37-dvd-player-3-2001.html