Posts by Jeffredo

Quote: Originally Posted by artwire Remembering awhile back that someone was complaining about the lack of screensaver on the yamaha, I had a long phone call and had paused the movie playing, which eventually brought up the yamaha...

Quote: Originally Posted by artwire I must have missed these tweaks, thanks for the "press on screen twice" clue. I have been happy with the picture I'm getting, but every now and then a dark and murky film on DVD makes me consider...

http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks/yamaha-dvd-s1800/8808 Here's the instructions kag.

Quote: Originally Posted by kagolu Thats interesting that 1800 had some macro blocking and the 981 didn't. What are the 1800 settings, default? I have not seen any but I read its largely display (dlp) dependent. I think I read...

Quote: Originally Posted by kagolu I didn't realize it was a "halo", thought it was just "secret sauce" Guys, I re-recalibrated my Oppo DV-981HD and put it on the same TV settings as the DVD-S1800. Its the "tiniest" bit better in...

I've compared the DVD-S1800 to several Mediatek players (the Pioneer DV-420V, Pio Elite DV-49AV and Oppo DV-980H). The Faroudja chip may not be the most current, but it has better image quality than the two Pioneers and is equal to the...

From a quick and dirty perspective the DV-983H > DV-980H > DV-981HD. I have owned two - the DV-981HD and the DV-980H. The 981 has better audio and the 980 has better upconverted image quality (on my set). None of them are made...

Quote: Originally Posted by kagolu How does the pq between the three players you own rank on a scale from 1-10? My 1800 is on the way and curious how it stacks up aginst the other two. With all enhancements options on my 37" LCD...

Just make sure you have all "enhancements" turned off on your TV (noise reduction, sharpness, color enhancements settings, adaptive luma - any of those type). Then you can get a better idea of what your player is doing on truly stock...

I know that the Toshiba XDE-600 and Yamaha DVD-S1800 both do. http://www.yamaha.com/yec/products/p...DETYP=RELATION http://www.tacp.toshiba.com/dvd/prod...p?model=xde600 The Oppo DV-981HD also does, but is out of production and harder...