In Reply to: rp-82 vs rp-91 vs denon 1600 posted by Charm on August 26, 2002 at 21:02:56:
The RP62 and RP82 are almost identical in performance and both use the much ballyhooed Sage/Faroudja de-interlacing chip - the 82 has DVD-A capability, which, frankly, I don't care about, but you may. (I'm very happy with my Cary 303 in the 2 channel rig.) I believe it may have a couple extra video tweaks, but you can't tell the difference between these two on a 27".The RP91 is a highly praised player, uses Genesis chipset, and has scaling capability for non-anamorphic DVDs, a feature I really wish I had on my RP56. You may want a scaling DVDP if your TV locks on full when fed a progressive signal. The Denon is a rebadged Panny (RP56) with quite a few (mostly audio) upgrades. It also has rave reviews, but on a 50" RP I couldn't tell much difference between it and the RP62.
Have you checked out the progressive DVD shootout at hometheaterhifi.com?? Lots of good info there. I also highly recommend avsforum.com - see the DVD player forum - a GREAT place to learn about HT...avsforum is the best HT site I've found so far on the web. I find audioreview nearly useless.
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