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In Reply to: Clarification, Follow Up Question posted by D on October 23, 1999 at 10:20:40:
hello,okay, i think i have a handle on your situation now. btw, what is the other associated equipment? (amps, speakers, etc.)
to answer your new questions:
no, current dvd players (like the sony) cannot play the new dvd-audio standard. there are a few new players (panasonic, i think) that can play dvd-audio as well as the standard dvd movies, but they come at a premium.as far as i know, hdtv will not change the dvd standards. the nice thing is that if you get an hdtv or hdtv-ready tv, it will be the 16 X 9 ratio, so you won't get black bars when watching widescreen dvds.
in your situation, and to some extent, my situation too, i would not bother waiting for dvd-audio/sacd to pan out. if you want dvd now, just get it now. i just recently bought the 525 that i mentioned in the previous post and i am extremely pleased with its performance. i think the promises of higher fidelity in sacd and dvd-audio are promising, but again, it'll be a while before either format reaches critical mass, not to mention if one standard wins out.
i also have a sony jukebox that i'm using as a transport and it suits me fine, especially the convenience of having so many cds available. if i were in the market for a dvd player now and it was only marginally more to get one with dvd-audio, i might do it. but, they're pretty expensive right now, and it's not even clear that dvd-audio will win.
maybe the best route is to get a dvd player now (7700 if that's the one you like), and when dvd-audio/sacd is all sorted out and there are actually some discs you want to get, get a replacement juke box for music. there's already a sony 200 disc jukebox that will play dvd movies, so i figure it won't be long before we see those extended to dvd-audio and/or sacd capabilities.
ok, i think that covers everything.
richard h
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- clarification - RichardH 11:36:50 10/23/99 (1)
- Re: clarification - greg 09:11:51 10/31/99 (0)
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