Video Asylum

Posted by Bosha on July 05, 2001 at 12:20:40

In Reply to: dirt cheap DVD players posted by marantzman on June 03, 2001 at 20:26:58:

...would be for you to buy a Panasonic or Technics DVD-Audio/Video player. The Panasonic A-10, for example, retailed at about $1,200 last year. Now they can be had for around $200. Why? These are brands from the mother campany that is supporting DVD-Audio as the new high-resolution audio format--while Sony supports SACD. In an effort to get hardware into that market that supports DVD-A, they're slashing prices. Understand that these decks are fine DVD-Video players, even if you're not interested in high-rez audio. Brands like those you mention in your post will most likely burn out within a year or two, so how "cheap" is that?