DVD Players
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MithShrike
Yerba mate for life.
http://www.oppodigital.com/dv981hd/index.html
I'd go with one of those. Rather highly regarded in the audiophile community.
I'd go with one of those. Rather highly regarded in the audiophile community.
All of them should play dual layer discs cause thats what commercial DVD9 movies are. I have the phillips that plays divx and love it. The remote isn't the best but it plays a lot of formats and theres a way to set it to region 0 making it play discs from other countries.
But if you have an HDTV you might want to look at one that does upsampling
But if you have an HDTV you might want to look at one that does upsampling
http://www.amazon.com/Philips-DVP5960-Player-Upscaling-direct/dp/B000G18DR0 this one is like the upgraded version of the model I have. Has all the HDTV stuff for the future, and also a USB port so you can play files off a flash drive. That is pretty awesome.
I think this is the model I have now: http://www.amazon.com/Philips-DVP642-DivX-Certified-Progressive-Scan-Player/dp/B000204SWE
Very affordable, and works well. Plus it is VERY thin.
I think this is the model I have now: http://www.amazon.com/Philips-DVP642-DivX-Certified-Progressive-Scan-Player/dp/B000204SWE
Very affordable, and works well. Plus it is VERY thin.
I forgot to post this link: http://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers
Lets you search for players by features and there are reviews etc.
Lets you search for players by features and there are reviews etc.
Not exactly.
Commercial DVDs are dual layer, but they're pressed not burned.
Some DVD players have problems playing burned dual layer discs.
It can even come down to the brand of disc.
Check out http://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers.php for some comparisons.
edit:
For some reason I missed joshua posting that link before me.
Ya know, I've never really tried a dual layer disc before even though most of my burners can use them. They just cost too much to be useful. The only thing they would be handy for is copying a DVD-9 movie without modifying it.
I got a really good deal on some Verbatim DLs (widely acknowledged as the best consumer available blank DL), but my DVD player doesn't like them.
My computer plays them fine, and my friend's player is fine too.
I use them for longer movies that I don't want to split to two discs.
I have a digital projector so I'm sensitive to over-compression to squeeze movies on a disc.
Electric Sheep
Dsicle - BoM Dec 06
This is the DVD player model that I recently bought:
TOSHIBA DVD, Upsampling with HDMI
I haven't bought an HDMI cable, so I've still got it running through component cables, but that's next on my list of things to get. But even now, running 480p to my 720p HDTV, it looks pretty good. I'm curious how the upsampling to 720p will look. Hopefully, it's a noticable difference. LOL
It was $80 bucks on sale at Best Buy a few weeks ago.
One nice thing about this particular DVD player is that it's region-free, so you can play DVDs from around the world.
TOSHIBA DVD, Upsampling with HDMI
I haven't bought an HDMI cable, so I've still got it running through component cables, but that's next on my list of things to get. But even now, running 480p to my 720p HDTV, it looks pretty good. I'm curious how the upsampling to 720p will look. Hopefully, it's a noticable difference. LOL
It was $80 bucks on sale at Best Buy a few weeks ago.
One nice thing about this particular DVD player is that it's region-free, so you can play DVDs from around the world.
MithShrike
Yerba mate for life.
http://www.crutchfield.com/S-0YcnmpF4wK0/cgi-bin/prodview.asp?i=052SD3990
That's a little cheaper. The Toshiba 39x DVD players make great CD players.
That's a little cheaper. The Toshiba 39x DVD players make great CD players.
Electric Sheep
Dsicle - BoM Dec 06
Yeah, the upsampling version costs twice as much, so if you don't need it, theere's probably no reason to buy it....because by the time you DO need it, you can probably replace the entire unit for next to nothing. LOL
