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In Reply to: Re: I bought the T550 and sent it back... posted by csown on October 07, 2001 at 10:54:27:
It wasn't available yet when I got my RP91. except it's LIST is $349.
The only difference is the 61 can't playback home recorded DVD-RAM (big deal).The Panasonic can be programmed to many user level settings for picture and audio. It has a remaster setting that "Warms up" the cd playback and as a bonus also decodes DTS/DDS and DVD-Audio.
For the record I don't see how anyone can go wrong at that price.
Ed
Follow Ups:
Ed,OK, you've got me convinced, so I think I'll try out the Panasonic. According to price scan, the RP61 can be had at only $280, and the RP56 is $100 cheaper. The biggest difference appears to be DVD-A, and the RP61 also has a Dolby Digital decoder. I don't care much about the DVD-A (though it'd be fun to play with), but what about the decoder - would this be useful for me in the future in a HT setup or is it just redundant? Anyway, I probably wouldn't have considered the RP56, but that HT DVD shootout page makes me want to believe that the RP56 is good enough (Sage/Faroudja chipset v. Genesis chipset) assuming audio quality is identical. At the expense of bells and whistles, I get a better video chipset and save $100? Sounds too good to be true. What's your take?
Thanks for your wisdom,
Chris
You can use the built in Dolby Digital and DTS decoder instead of getting a Dolby Digital Processor or receiver, but truthfully almost all receivers have them now so it probably will be redundent.
Depends on how soon you are going to upgrade your receiver.
So take your choice, like I said at these prices how can you go wrong?
Be sure to post what you end up with and how you like it.
I tried to post a review several times on the RP91 but there is some problem with adding a new Panasonic model.
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