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RE: Viable Comparison?

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Jack G

In Reply to: RE: Viable Comparison? posted by Robertc88 on November 06, 2007 at 10:54:11

Depends on what you are comparing.

>>>Same player, same title across formats is generally the only way I feel one may reach any conclusion. <<<
How do you know the same player (dual player) plays both equally well? If it does, then the same title and *encode* across formats will look identical on the same player-all else being equal, the same same encodes on both formats will look the same.
What if you take the same title and encode across formats and play them on different players? If one looks better (or possibly just different), then you could make a conclusion that one may be better at what it does.
Just a thought.
As a side note, I am curious as to how his A2 compares to his dual player for HD DVDs.
Jack

Follow Ups:

Is That Fair?? :) - Robertc88 12:14:26 11/06/07 (2)
$1K versus whatever the A2 cost back then? It will be interesting if there isn't a big difference.
- Sure it is - Jack G 13:34:05 11/06/07 (1)
  Remember, that the bulk of the price of his dual player is the Blu-Ray portion. I'm just curious. :-)
  jack
  - I suspect HD DVD was pretty easy to implement once they got the Blu-ray part down. - oscar 14:45:51 11/06/07 (0)
    But I could be wrong.
    
    I'm kind of surprised the price of dual format players haven't really dropped that much from a year ago. The BH200, while marginally cheaper, was a step backwards from my point of view (re: no 5.1 analog outputs).
    
    Or Samsung/LG think they can get away with gouging us on pricing. It must be working though...

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