Same here, mad_arab. I'm still looking for the player that has the right mix of price and functionality. I was hopeful about the Philips 963SA because of the DVD-A/SACD capability along with the FLI2300 scaling deinterlacer, but no one has come out saying, "Wow - the 963's picture is great!"
I have an HK receiver, and would love the matching DVD25, except I've seen that it has the Mediamatics mpeg decoder (same as JVC), which although it is chroma bug free, is said to be less than stellar with video-based content.
I haven't been happy with the build quality of the Panasonic CP72, which looked like a lot of bang-for-the-buck. And I'm not happy with the Yamaha C920, which has a great picture and sound, but lacks features like remote power on/off and time remaining functions. These are deal breakers to me.
Maybe I'll have to keep the relatively inexpensive CP72 until the right one comes along.
Tim
I have an HK receiver, and would love the matching DVD25, except I've seen that it has the Mediamatics mpeg decoder (same as JVC), which although it is chroma bug free, is said to be less than stellar with video-based content.
I haven't been happy with the build quality of the Panasonic CP72, which looked like a lot of bang-for-the-buck. And I'm not happy with the Yamaha C920, which has a great picture and sound, but lacks features like remote power on/off and time remaining functions. These are deal breakers to me.
Maybe I'll have to keep the relatively inexpensive CP72 until the right one comes along.
Tim