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In Reply to: Re: The new Denon DVD-2800 posted by Joe Murphy Jr on February 25, 2001 at 17:16:12:

I'm on the market for a new DVD Player. Does anyone know how the new Denon DVD-2800 will stack up against say the Toshiba SD6200? Is the Denon a true progressive scan unit? Will it play CDR's? How about DVD Audio?

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Re: The new Denon DVD-2800 Joe Murphy Jr 20:42:20 02/25/01 (1)
A: better(in my opinion), yes, yes, no (but do you really want DVD-Watermark?).
- And what is... Rich 17:45:20 02/27/01 (0)
  this opinion based on? Have you had both units in your home for a side by side comparison?
Re: The new Denon DVD-2800 kotches 19:33:37 02/25/01 (6)
If the bugs are fixed, it should outperform the Toshiba (Genesis chipset), since it uses the Silicon Images/DVDO chipset.
It is a "true" progressive scan unit, with 3:2 pulldown for film based sources.
I don't know the answer on CD-Rs, and it is NOT a DVD-Audio capable player.
Regards,
- Re: The new Denon DVD-2800 Rich 17:47:52 02/27/01 (4)
  ***If the bugs are fixed, it should outperform the Toshiba (Genesis chipset), since it uses the Silicon Images/DVDO chipset.***
  Any observable performance differences will be relatively insignificant. I own a variety of players, and I've never seen one that didn't have a great picture 99% of the time.
  - Re: The new Denon DVD-2800 kotches 08:58:51 02/28/01 (3)
    1) Videophiles are worried about that 1%, just as audiophiles are worried about that last 1% of performance from audio systems.
    2) The red chroma bug is visible on numerous DVDs, including Toy Story and Toy Story 2 (take a look at the menus). Any scene with a high red content will display this artifact, and on a sufficient screen size it's obvious immediately. Once you have this problem pointed out, you'll notice it whenever it crops up.
    3) What you wrote sounds like a typical review... "It looked great on perfect material". When doing tests like that, no one really learns anything. It's the trouble material that seperates the performance out between players. This is analogous to only using superb recordings on an audio system.
    Regards,
    - Nonsense... Rich 22:48:33 02/28/01 (2)
      You have a 27" Toshiba. What you're complaining about with DVD pales in comparison to the artifacts produced by your NTSC direct view set. It's like complaining about a chroma defect when your house is on fire.
      - Re: Nonsense... kotches 01:12:36 03/01/01 (1)
        
        In Reply to: Nonsense... posted by Rich on February 28, 2001 at 22:48:33:
        
        Rich,
        You're basing your conclusion on a faulty assumption. That the sum total of my experience with the red chroma bug exists with my crappy 27" Toshiba.
        This isn't the case. I've viewed on HD sets from Toshiba (TW40x81m 56h80), Mitsubishi (WS-55807 with the Red Push Fix) and Panasonic (56WXF95).
        Regards,
        
        You missed the point entirely (nt) Rich 11:34:41 03/01/01 (0)
        
        In Reply to: Re: Nonsense... posted by kotches on March 01, 2001 at 01:12:36:
- Will play CD-r... RichardH 09:41:00 02/27/01 (0)
  The new Denon 2800 will play CD-r's. In fact, it will play CD-r's full of MP3's, so you know that it should have no problem with CD-r, and most likely CD-rw as well.
  
  RichardH

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