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I'm looking at the Kenwood mega changer or the Sony 875, and want to actually see them in action. Right now I have an old interlated Sony driving my Pioneer 643HD5. So I have three things I want to check out with these players:
1 - what does progressive vs. interlated gain me anyway
2 - How do these on screen search modes really work. My wife has to be able to find movies for the kiddies.
3 - Can I justify the price difference for Faroudja (which progressive is better)
I've read tons and tons of posts, but I really need to get my hands on these to see how they run.
So I go into my local Audio King, and ask about these players. They have the Kenwoods right up front, but the sales guy cannot get anything to play. When he does, he can't switch between progressive and interlaced. He's doing it on a 4x3 RPTV. He can't show me any kind of on-screen display. He has the Entre there as well and is completely baffled. A complete let down for me. He's completely lost and doesn't seem interested in finding out either.
So I think 'fine' the Sony should be easy to demo. It's sitting on a shelf, not plugged into anything. Sigh, I leave and come back another day.
Second visit: I skip the Kenwood completely, and ask to see the Sony setup. They do grab some cables and connect it up a Pioneer Elite 720. A small bonus point for at least hooking it up for me.
He doesn't have the remote, so cannot show me any on-screen display, the difference between interlaced and progressive is very very minimal (to my eyes). The sales guy doesn't seem to give a rip.
My question is, am I expecting too much going in there? This isn't Circuit City or Best Buy, I expected some kind of value for their selling at retail prices. I expect a sales person that knows their equipment or at least has some interest in it. These guys are always bored stiff.
As for progressive vs. interlaced, I didn't see much difference. Could it be because of the Elite de-interlacing is on-par with the Sony progressive?
Sorry for the long rant. At this point I'll just close my eyes, and pick the cheapest on the net.
Anyone else run into this kind of attitude?
signed, frustrated in Minneapolis
1 - what does progressive vs. interlated gain me anyway
2 - How do these on screen search modes really work. My wife has to be able to find movies for the kiddies.
3 - Can I justify the price difference for Faroudja (which progressive is better)
I've read tons and tons of posts, but I really need to get my hands on these to see how they run.
So I go into my local Audio King, and ask about these players. They have the Kenwoods right up front, but the sales guy cannot get anything to play. When he does, he can't switch between progressive and interlaced. He's doing it on a 4x3 RPTV. He can't show me any kind of on-screen display. He has the Entre there as well and is completely baffled. A complete let down for me. He's completely lost and doesn't seem interested in finding out either.
So I think 'fine' the Sony should be easy to demo. It's sitting on a shelf, not plugged into anything. Sigh, I leave and come back another day.
Second visit: I skip the Kenwood completely, and ask to see the Sony setup. They do grab some cables and connect it up a Pioneer Elite 720. A small bonus point for at least hooking it up for me.
He doesn't have the remote, so cannot show me any on-screen display, the difference between interlaced and progressive is very very minimal (to my eyes). The sales guy doesn't seem to give a rip.
My question is, am I expecting too much going in there? This isn't Circuit City or Best Buy, I expected some kind of value for their selling at retail prices. I expect a sales person that knows their equipment or at least has some interest in it. These guys are always bored stiff.
As for progressive vs. interlaced, I didn't see much difference. Could it be because of the Elite de-interlacing is on-par with the Sony progressive?
Sorry for the long rant. At this point I'll just close my eyes, and pick the cheapest on the net.
Anyone else run into this kind of attitude?
signed, frustrated in Minneapolis