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Re: What is best DVD player (I will only use 2 channel) for around $500-1000 new or used?

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In Reply to: What is best DVD player (I will only use 2 channel) for around $500-1000 new or used? posted by rich121 on October 27, 2005 at 23:18:54:

Denon 3910 has extremely good everything, sound and video (dvd-a too,...*and* sacd?). It can also be easily changed to play all-region discs, PAL etc..
Make sure your new TV can take the hdmi hdcp connection to get the best out of the Denon (hdmi is like a dvi video connection, but the new standard can carry copy protection, hdcp, and sound).
If you are happy enough with your sound and just want a stellar picture, you could get an Oppo dvd player,...or a Denon DVD-1600 (this Denon has great analogue component video output, very very good - close to the Denon 3910 for picture, though not as good with everything else.)
The DVD-1600 is about $250 used, the DVD-3910, under $1000 new (Ebay for example, list is higher) and a little less used. And there are likely plenty of other choices in between (though these too would be hard to beat, especially the 3910)

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Re: What is best DVD player (I will only use 2 channel) for around $500-1000 new or used? - townsend 12:59:43 10/30/05 (3)
Is the "all region" hack that which is posted at www.videohelp.com, or do you have something else in mind?
Since I will someday have to buy region 2 "Heimat" (and live in North America), this would be useful info for me. Thanks.
townsend
- FYI - racerguy 07:20:52 10/31/05 (2)
  "Heimat" is available as a region-free NTSC release. I have it.
  - Re: FYI - townsend 16:39:50 11/01/05 (1)
    Thanks for the info . . . where did you buy it from?
    How does the video compare to the region 2 version? According to www.dvdbeaver, the region 1 is plain awful . . .
    townsend
    - Re: FYI - racerguy 07:01:22 11/02/05 (0)
      I bought it from Amazon.com.
      The NTSC version shows the typical effects of conversion from PAL to NTSC (some blurriness, stairstepping, that kind of stuff). I don't think it's awful; OTOH it's not fantastic either.
      When it comes to European releases, in most cases the PAL version is better, IF you have a display AND a DVD player that are PAL-capable. If you're doing a conversion anywhere (i.e. PAL-to-NTSC disc, or a PAL-capable player converting to NTSC for an NTSC-only TV) you're not going to get the benefits of a straight-through PAL path anyway.

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