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Played with the RP62 at home for an afternoon last weekend

Posted by cfraser (A) on July 9, 2002 at 10:06:49

In Reply to: Anyone have Panasonic DVD-RP62 or RP82 yet?? posted by Aroc on July 9, 2002 at 09:16:05:

and decided not to keep, so I'm still waiting for the RP82. Due to the circumstances of my ordering, the 82 cost $10 more than the 62 does, so that's why, and might as well try that new-fangled DVD-A thing just to say I did... Still don't know if the 82 will have the Sage/Faroudja chipset. Or if the 82 will have coaxial digital audio out, Panny says it does, pics (from 6 months ago) don't show it. Will have to wait a month to see.

One thing I like about the 62/82 is they're made in Japan, most others in that price range aren't. The 62 has better audio DAC's than the 56. The 56 and 62 are both equally lightweight, the 1600 is heavier for sure, which could imply a better build, but I haven't seen inside any of these players. The 1600 has a better audio section than the 56/62. To me, the 56 looks nicer than the 62, which looks decidedly cheap, but YMMV.

I have an RP56, so I saw no reason to get a 62 as it's not really an upgrade as far as video goes. To choose between these two, I'd go by price or looks. Choose the Denon 1600 if you are going to use the player extensively for redbook CD's too (without an external DAC), same video quality as the 56/62.

Somebody else could give you better info re using DVDP's for music, as I don't do that, I keep my video and music systems fairly isolated, so I don't really care much about the DVDP's music capability; I use it half-assedly, so far just for music DVD's where I'm not too critical (there are some quite good ones). SACD is supposed to be a "high end" audio format, so I don't see the point of playing them on a cheap player, because you are restricted to the DAC/audio section the manufacturer gives you, and cheap ones aren't that great. And I wouldn't personally put $500 of mods into a $200 machine. Personally, there are not enough SACD's that I would really want to buy, but when there are, I think I'd get a player specifically designed for audio, not video, for them. By that time, who knows, all mainstream players might do video and none are audio only (except for cars and portable).

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