Joe Murphy . . . - townsend - Video Asylum

Video Asylum

TVs, VCRs, DVD players, Home Theater systems and more.

Joe Murphy . . .

In Reply to: townsend posted by Joe Murphy Jr on August 14, 2006 at 20:42:54:

Thanks for your reply. I typed this long question, posted it for several minutes, and then decided, "nah, I'm not going to bug anybody with this question. I'll just delete it."
But you read at least part of it before I deleted it, and I appreciate your answer. The main question concerned anamorphic DVDs and plasma sets, the latter fed by an upconverting DVD player through HDMI.
I will purchase a plasma, and my viewing habits are watching my movie collection on DVD. I purchase anamorphic widescreen DVDs whenever possible. I assume a good upconverting DVD player feeding signal through HDMI "should" give the best possible picture (and I'm awaiting DVD players to come out with the 1.3 spec).
I recognize this doesn't compare with hi-rez video (blu-ray, HD-DVD). I won't enter that fray "yet", and I don't know whether many of my favorite movies I own on DVD will come out in either format.
So I'm trying to determine what anamorphic DVDs look like on a plasma, and my interest in 1920 X 1080 plasma was to hedge my bets since this newer technology is just breaking out in the marketplace. To buy one of the newer players for blu-ray or HD-DVD will eventually be a fairly inexpensive proposition (certainly < $1,000). To replace a plasma display (so it will display 1920 X 1080) will be a more expensive proposition.
I know friends with front projectors and DLPs, but no friends who have plasmas who watch anamorphic DVDs.
Actually, I probably won't buy an Oppo DVD player. I have a Marantz DV-8300 universal player for listening to RBCD, DVD-A & SACD. The newer Marantz top-of-the-line universal players (e.g., DV-9600) are fairly good for audio and video. I might buy one of these, or even one of the newly announced Denon universal players
townsend

This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors:

Follow Ups Full Thread

Topic - townsend - Joe Murphy Jr 20:42:54 08/14/06 (10)

1920x1080 42" plasma - Joe Murphy Jr 21:37:23 08/15/06 (1)

their latest 42"/55" release info - Joe Murphy Jr 19:06:22 08/16/06 (0)

Joe Murphy . . . - townsend 17:27:59 08/15/06 (1)

here's a suggestion - Joe Murphy Jr 18:26:15 08/15/06 (0)

Big screen space heaters - kurt s 08:20:44 08/15/06 (5)

If you ever go to Antarctica I hope you have more than a Plasma screen to warm you upâ€¦â€¦â€¦ - three_sox 22:30:35 08/19/06 (0)

you know what has more "sense" - Joe Murphy Jr 18:46:04 08/15/06 (2)

BTW, the problem lies in the fact that you can't read. - kurt s 10:08:23 08/16/06 (1)

You know what has more sense than your post? - kurt s 08:46:18 08/16/06 (0)

Re: Big screen space heaters - DWPC 10:47:11 08/15/06 (0)

Follow Ups

Joe Murphy . . . - townsend 17:27:59 08/15/06 (1)

here's a suggestion - Joe Murphy Jr 18:26:15 08/15/06 (0)

You can not post to an archived thread.