The disadvantages of DVD

[Darkest Angel]

Originally posted by Michael Crawford:
...whereas the Toshiba will play them right up to the point they're actually cracked.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I swear by Toshiba. My first VCR was a Toshiba, its nearly 20 fucking years old and it STILL works beautifully.

[Michael Crawford]

Well, for 480p quality, I really prefer Denon over all others. But they are damn picky about the disk being clean.

The Toshiba's I've had have been real workhorses too. I've had two portable Toshiba's, and they can really take a beating and keep on ticking.

And I just got a new great DVD player - the Zenith DVB318. It upscales to 1080i over component, and works great. At $200 or less, it's also a great buy. I wouldn't use it for 480p, but if you have a HD ready tv with the 180i component in, you might want to check it out.

Michael
MWC

<font color="#cd6600" size="1">[ June 24, 2004 03:58 PM: Message edited by: Michael Crawford ]</font>

[bonedust]

the beta test version hd-dvd solved that problem.

denon players do rule. i have a dvd-5900 and i wouldnt trade it for the world.

<font color="#cd6600" size="1">[ June 24, 2004 04:12 PM: Message edited by: bonedust ]</font>

[Darkest Angel]

...yeah, you boys are speakin' French as far as I am concerned, now. [img]wink.gif[/img]

I just like Toshiba because A. it did what I wanted it to, and B. it continued doing that thing reliably for a truly insane amount of time.

I neither know nor care about all the nitpicky tech stuff...I suppose my senses just aren't finely-tuned enow to see/hear these differences... [img]biggrin.gif[/img]

[Michael Crawford]

DA - in the right set up, you would, trust me. This isn't like psycho-audiophiles who seem to care more about the speced performance than what they can actually hear. There are big differences, although you have to have the right set up to be able to tell easily.

And if bonedust has a 5900, it's official - he's rich [img]wink.gif[/img]

Michael
MWC

[Nomalas]

...yet ANOTHER reason that copying of DVDs SHOULD BE ALLOWED! Copy it, store the master, and use the copy. If your kids deceide to scratch a happy face onto the surface, at least you could make ANOTHER copy.