Video Asylum

Posted by Joe Murphy Jr (A) on December 21, 2008 at 09:16:58

In Reply to: RE: it will work, but... posted by RioTubes on December 20, 2008 at 13:58:04

Can't wait until Panasonic comes out with their NeoPDPs in Q3 09. It's amazing how much the cost of owning a plasma has come down in the last 5 years. Un-friggin-real...

You can't go wrong with either of your two Blu-ray player candidates. The PS3 will add gaming, internet capabilities and several other features. If you're looking for SACD and DVD-A playback, the oppo will have that at release. The PS3 offers SACD, but only the 20/60GB and former 80GB models can do it. If you're used to stand-alone players and/or need infrared remote/universal remote programming capability, the oppo is the way to go. On the plus side, once you use the PS3's on-screen user interface, you may begin to loathe stand-alone on-screen user interfaces (I know I sure do). The oppo will have stereo and multi-channel analog output (the PS3 only has stereo analog output), so that may be a consideration re: receiver choices. I'd just go with with a quality HDMI v1.3 capable receiver and bypass analog at this stage of the game, however. If you have a large DVD collection, the oppo will have the better deinterlacer for about 10% (that's not a typo) of your collection.

Plasma -- how's this for 150 inches of

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