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I read here:
http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/volume_8_2/dvd-benchmark-special-report-chroma-bug-4-2001.htmlthat many of Toshiba's SD series dvd players suffer from a poor mpeg decoder, but was wondering if the SD-2700 had this same problem. Does anyone know? Or know where I can find out?
Thanks,
Brandon
Follow Ups:
Panasonic RP-91- no bug - best picture ! Fantastic player under $500
of folks who post in the AVS forum and have owned the player say it's junk.
Indeed.A very small number.
joe
Inertia 7,As we test players we add them to the list. We have about 18 or 20 players we're including in Benchmark 2, and will be posting that in the next few weeks over at Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity.
A quick rule of thumb to use on the chroma defect:
Toshiba, Zoran, C-Cubed, LSI Logic, Mitsubishi and Fujitsu MPEG decoders are currently exhibiting the Chroma Defect.Panasonic and Mediamatics (as well as WinDVD for HTPC) are not.
Sensitivity to the chroma defect is person to person. Rich is lucky that he doesn't notice the defect, or can tune it out. Once Stacey and Don showed me the defect in person, I started noticing it, even on the 55" Mitsubishi set occupying the HT presently. Up 'till that time I was blissfully ignorant of the chroma defects visual effects.
This is kind of like the "rainbow" effect that DLP projectors can have, where whites have a slight split of RGB into a "rainbow" at the edges of the color. Some simply cannot tolerate it, and others are oblivious to its presence.
My suggestion is to take one of the scenes that exhibits the effect with you and see if you notice it on whatever it is you're using for movie playback. If you see the defect, don't buy the player.
I'm including a pointer to our article on the Chroma Upsampling Defect at our web site, and the list of players will be updated when the results of Benchmark 2 are posted. The list of players is what we've tested, and we haven't had results since late 2000 posted.
Good luck!
Regards,
Get the Panasonic.drobo
worry about something that hardly ever occurs and that most people can't see when it does?
?
I'll be viewing this on a 56" television, so a small defect is going to be really noticeable. Not to mention the general psychology behind it. If you know it's there, it's going to drive you crazy. I'd rather pay $25 more for the Panasonic RV31 if it'll spare me the mental anguish of knowing there's a very specific defect in my dvd player.
***I'll be viewing this on a 56" television, so a small defect is going to be really noticeable.***It very likely won't be noticeable at all. I watch on a 100" front projection setup and 65" and 40" widescreen rear projection sets. I've never seen any such distortions via 6 different DVD players and my eyesight is better than that of most people.
Can I assume that means the answer is yes? I mean, it doesn't seem like a big deal to pay $20 - $25 more for a Panasonic and know that the problem isn't there.
I have no idea. My point is only this:Features and reliability are more important than a chroma bug which is not discernable on 99.9999999% of content.
Well, that I can understand. The Panasonic I'm going to purchase (RV-31) has all the features I want and is consistantly rated high by both professional and consumer reports. As is the 2700, which is why I was choosing between those two.Brandon
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