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What is the highest spec DVD player...

  • 22-08-2007 10:41am
    #1
    artvandulet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭


    Im looking for a top of the range DVD player. Doesn't need to be a writer.
    Ideally looking for:
    HDMI and component out - HDMI can just upscale.
    Ref monitor out (displays the play time on the output signal)
    Ability to play DVD-R and DVD+R and just about anything else.

    Any suggestions anyone?


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  • #2
    Slaphead07
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,323 ✭✭✭Slaphead07


    top of the range DVD players are (I imagine) Arcam or Primare. Ring Cloney Audio... afaik they're the only stockists. I hope you have deep and full pockets.


  • #3
    artvandulet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭artvandulet


    Cheers for that. Had a look at those.
    I think Im going to take a closer look at this though:
    http://www.pioneer.eu/eur/products/45/117/510/DVD-V8000/index.html


  • #4
    big_moe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,985 ✭✭✭big_moe


    any top of the range consumer product (anything from cloney audio etc...) won't do the time output feature you're looking for.

    for the player to output the time on a separate monitor, you need a professional player. the best ones are Pioneer (as you've mentioned) or JVC

    moe


  • #5
    Slaphead07
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,323 ✭✭✭Slaphead07


    big_moe wrote:
    any top of the range consumer product .... won't do the time output feature you're looking for.
    Ah... I hadn't spotted that.


  • #6
    digitaltheatre
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭digitaltheatre


    High end dvd players come at hefty prices €2000 + but unless you have the right monitor screen to play them on its pretty pointless going for anything above the likes of DENON's 2930.

    If you really want get a dvd player that is going to give you good imagery then look at SDI modification to existing players. with that there is no concern over colourspace, HDCP or badly designed DAC's (digital to analogue convertors) in your chosen machine.

    so you could actually spend money more wisely on a sdi modded dvd with something like a lumegen scaler and get lots more bang for your buck..


    hope that useful to you.:)


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  • #7
    conax
    Closed Accounts Posts: 278 ✭✭conax


    digitaltheatre wrote:

    If you really want get a dvd player that is going to give you good imagery then look at SDI modification to existing players. with that there is no concern over colourspace, HDCP or badly designed DAC's (digital to analogue convertors) in your chosen machine.

    Good call on that, I would also go along those lines, if you want to get the material off the disc to the screen with as little artifacts as possible its the way to go.


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