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Originally Posted by rdgrimes /forum/post/16967697
1st: the power cord has to go. Not because it's flimsy, but because it's too damn short!!!! I had to dig up a longer cord right off the bat. 6' should be a minimum requirement on all hardware.
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Originally Posted by rdgrimes /forum/post/16967697
2nd: The front display is too dim. The brightest setting looks like dim and the dim setting is nearly invisible.
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Originally Posted by rdgrimes /forum/post/16967697
3rd: This appears to be the same loader as the BDP-83, but this one is a lot smoother and quieter than my 3 83s were with any of the different FW.
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4th: I see there is no DVD 24p setting. This I presume is because the MTK chip does not support that. This is a positive thing.![]()
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Originally Posted by Smarty-pants /forum/post/16968191
After an extended session of listening, watching, sampling... the BDP-980 seems VERY SOLID. It is basically mimicing the BDP-83, only without the ABT solution.
I have been useing HDMI with the player doing all the decoding and res set to 720p.
PQ for dvd is obviously not as good as with the BDP-83, but acceptable... in line with the DV-980H (obviously).
Did I say this may be ready for holiday season?... I think it's ready now.
Just get those labels off the tray, and get this puppy into production.![]()
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Originally Posted by Smarty-pants /forum/post/16968318
Dang. You type it enough times, you're bound to do that somtime. Too many. 9s, 8s, 3s and 0s.![]()
I wouldn't exactly call those symbols part of the hardware design. They're just silkscreens, and could be easily changed. I've definitely said more than my peace about it already though. Just wanted to emphasize my opinion on day one, before it may be too late.![]()
What things are there to perfect in the fw that you are aware of?
By my experience thus far, the performance outside of the ABT solution is identical to the BDP-83.
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Originally Posted by rdgrimes /forum/post/16968476
This thing gets hot, very hot. When I saw there was no fan I deliberately placed it on top of my Dish DVR, which is always warm. (It's actually hotter under the DVR). After a couple discs the top of the player was very hot. Discs came out of the drive only somewhat warmish. But I'd be pretty careful about putting the player under anything.
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Originally Posted by rdgrimes /forum/post/16968476
This thing gets hot, very hot. When I saw there was no fan I deliberately placed it on top of my Dish DVR, which is always warm. (It's actually hotter under the DVR). After a couple discs the top of the player was very hot. Discs came out of the drive only somewhat warmish. But I'd be pretty careful about putting the player under anything.
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Originally Posted by JohnAV /forum/post/16968474
Dim setting is too dim. It like you go from very bright to very dim to OFF.
Zoom goes 1.0 x2, x3, x4 then ½, ⅓, ¼ then back 1.0. Seem very limited.
The DV-980 did 1.0 (No zooming), 1.2 ,1.3, 1.5, x2, x2.5
,x3, x3.5, x4, ½, ⅓, ¼, back to 1.0 again.
Was wondering if the x 5 FF was linear, seems to take a large step every so many steps.
I didn't find any obvious setup interface issues yet.
Sharpness only goes from 0 to +2, doesn't seem to do anything with SD-DVD I was watching.
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Originally Posted by Smarty-pants /forum/post/16968515
EDIT: Just to add, in response to my opinion of almost being a finished product...
All the things you mentioned are things you want changed, but they are not things that are inhibiting the functionality of the player.![]()