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According to the reviewer, it is "very poor" at deinterlacing and upconverting standard DVDs. So you can't get rid of your standard DVD player. Or get a HD DVD player to handle standard DVDs (or of course, a "universal" video player a la LG or Samsung).
- http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Hardware/Panasonic/Joshua_Zyber/Hardware_Review:_Panasonic_DMP-BD30/1184 (Open in New Window)
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Found it after I already posted.
- http://reviews.cnet.com/video-players-and-recorders/panasonic-dmp-bd30k/4505-6463_7-32730548.html?tag=pdtl-list (Open in New Window)
It doesn't appear one can have it all with current standalones. Depending upon one's priority, (though I admit most would include upconvert as one) it just may be the best bang for buck for a standalone player to this point. Folks have been screaming for a reasonably priced solid standalone performer as many don't really want what they consider a game console for BD playback. In many respects, the Panny BD30 is quite good with opinions and reviews being quite favorable from current owners when reading through forums. Believe it or not, some folks have tried almost all of the available standalones one time or another!!!
I keep seeing basically lukewarm endorsements with all sorts of qualifications for any of the HD and Blue Ray players. I can't get excited about any of this expense and bother until the reviewers are really blown out of their chairs, and will settle for my 720p projector displaying 480p discs until that happens.
Now, come up with a hi def player that can play Beowulf in full 3D and we can talk. There are things that do or will blow me out of my chair but not the current version of hi def DVD. Unfortunately for the Hi Def manufacturers, I am not alone on this and belive that most consumers agree with me.
If I am not clamoring to go this direction on my 100-inch screen why should the consumer with the paltry 50-inch flat panel be enthusiastic?
David
At 100" using 720p, the differences between 480p and HD should be pretty obvious. My mistake was a steady diet of Dishnetwork HD broadcasts causing dissatisfaction with DVD playback. Now I'm an early adopter for the first time.
I do agree the hardware looks "cheap" but it's done reasonably well so far with an occasional firmware update. I do have a puzzler of a system synergy issue: LG player/amplification/speakers have combined to cause "premature" protection circuit kick-in at relatively low volume levels with lossless/PCM soundtracks. This might be cured with a different player but I'm also eyeing more robust (and matched) amplification.
Perhaps your LG player is producing a non-audible signal that's triggering the protection circuits. I've seen that happen before with other sources.
It's happened with a 2nd LG in the system as well. It seems to happen most often (but not always) on dynamic peaks. I think a more robust DAC stage is in order, but that might be wishful thinking. Nevertheless, I wouldn't expect the amp to "wimp out" so quickly, especially since I've never had issues with any other sources.
OTOH, I've never before fed uncompressed movie "kablooie" soundtracks to the system either. Still one would expect a 800W/channel (4 ohms) amp would be robust enough to handle the load.
If it does, blame your amps. If it doesn't, it's something in the design of the LG.
It only happens when I select DTS, TrueHD, or PCM using the LG BH100 audio outputs. Hasn't happened yet with the LG set to DD/DD+ output. It happens less often if I select "small" speakers on the LG audio options but then I lose a ton of bass (there's issues with the LFE output I suspect).
No one else I know has any issues with the LG (other than low LFE) ????
So far, it seems that the standalone blueray and combi players are poor to mediocre at deinterlacing and upconverting standard DVD's, while even the entry level Toshiba HD DVD players do a good job with same.
Anyone who wants both formats considering a combi player would be better off buying a Toshiba A2 or A3 and one of the entry level blu players-the Toshiba A3 can be found for $199 or less, and the word is the entry level Sharp blu player is a good performer and can be found for $299.
> > > Anyone who wants both formats considering a combi player would be better off buying a Toshiba A2 or A3 and one of the entry level blu players-the Toshiba A3 can be found for $199 or less, and the word is the entry level Sharp blu player is a good performer and can be found for $299. < < <That's alot cheaper than the dual players coming out. I've heard that both dual players coming out will (supposedly) decent, they'll be rather expensive. I have the sharp BD player, and it is very good, with DVDs, even better than my A1. $299 for it is a good price. My only complaint, is that it needs a USB stick to upgrade the FW-there's no Ethernet port.
JackEDIT: I have an SXRD1. While it is 1080p, it only accepts 1080i, so deinterlacing is not a factor for me.
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