Sorry if this was mentioned elsewhere. I was wondering, at a seating distance of 10 ft., would one be able to notice a difference in PQ from the Oppo980 (read the 981 may be worse for plasmas) as opposed to other integrated HTIB's, specifically my new Panasonic PT960, on a 42" display?
I bought the 960 from B&H on black Friday (or Sat.) after my 7-year-old Sony DAV-900's disc changer finally went out. I wanted to maintain a very modest budget, and have something easy to set up right away, and with supplied speaker stands (didn't know Monoprice existed @ the time). However, after spending the last month lurking these forums, I'm thinking I jumped the gun too soon. Don't get me wrong; it's a nice little system with great audio (esp. for my small, more enclosed viewing area) and a decent pic, but I'm wondering if it's worth paying the shipping, and possibly a restocking fee (1 piece of styrofoam used to encase the wirless transmitter was accidentally thrown away, maybe a couple pieces of wrapping as well) to exchange the 960 for another system (maybe Sony 2300 or 7200) to go w/the Oppo.
For various reasons, I've decided not to jump on the Blu-ray bandwagon just yet; I'd just like to have a great upcoverting player to enjoy my current SD collection on. What do you think? Bite the bullet, pay the shipping (& possibly restocking fee), and go for the Oppo & separate receiver (which would probably add another $300+ to what I've spent, 'cause I'd have to get 2 pairs of stands @ Monoprice
) and get it out of the way, or should I just stick with the 960, as I probably wouldn't notice much difference anyway? Thanks in advance.
I bought the 960 from B&H on black Friday (or Sat.) after my 7-year-old Sony DAV-900's disc changer finally went out. I wanted to maintain a very modest budget, and have something easy to set up right away, and with supplied speaker stands (didn't know Monoprice existed @ the time). However, after spending the last month lurking these forums, I'm thinking I jumped the gun too soon. Don't get me wrong; it's a nice little system with great audio (esp. for my small, more enclosed viewing area) and a decent pic, but I'm wondering if it's worth paying the shipping, and possibly a restocking fee (1 piece of styrofoam used to encase the wirless transmitter was accidentally thrown away, maybe a couple pieces of wrapping as well) to exchange the 960 for another system (maybe Sony 2300 or 7200) to go w/the Oppo.
For various reasons, I've decided not to jump on the Blu-ray bandwagon just yet; I'd just like to have a great upcoverting player to enjoy my current SD collection on. What do you think? Bite the bullet, pay the shipping (& possibly restocking fee), and go for the Oppo & separate receiver (which would probably add another $300+ to what I've spent, 'cause I'd have to get 2 pairs of stands @ Monoprice
