 DustynPremium
join:2003-02-26
Ontario, CAN
kudos:10 | Favorite DVD player?
SAMPLE: Pioneer Elite DV-09 |
Mine would have to be the Pioneer Elite DV-09. Why? Look at this damn beast! Bought brand new factory sealed a way back only to very recently be installed and put to lite use. One one the very first players to pass THX's DVD-player certification program. Fantastic unit that's built like a tank. It weighs around 35-40lbs with internal copper-clad parts for the chassis rear and bottom, internal partitions, and parts of the player mechanism. When you eject a DVD, the double air lock shield is released slowly dropping forward the front cover door to revel the CD-ROM like tray door which then ejects the disc shortly after. Complete and utter overkill... but so damn sexy.
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 BachI'll Be BachPremium
join:2002-02-16
Flint, MI
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| At 35-40 pounds that thing's in the same league as my Pioneer CLD-900 Laserdisc player.
But lets see, I've got two Blu-ray players, a Toshiba HD-A20 HD-DVD player from when Blu-ray players still cost too much, and one ordinary DVD player (a Panasonic) that still works.
The Blu-ray player has some convenient features: WI-FI networking, streams from a variety of Internet audio and video sources, plays from USB sticks, plus the Windows 7 workstations can send audio/video/pictures to it.
But the one that gets the most use for playing standard definition DVDs is the HD-DVD player. Its user interface is better than any of the other players, plus if I've got a DVD that skips or pixelates due to data errors on the other players, the HD-DVD player always plays it flawlessly. It's only downside is it takes 45 seconds to boot up  |
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sk1939Premium
join:2010-10-23
Washington, DC
kudos:9 | reply to Dustyn
My Sony BDP-BX18 because it was $40 and can stream media. If costs were no issue I would get a Panasonic DMP-BD80 and/or an Oppo BDP-95. I also like the Panasonic DMP-BBT01 cause it just looks cool (and is tiny). |
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DustynPremium
join:2003-02-26
Ontario, CAN
kudos:10
3 edits | reply to Bach
Pioneer Elite DVL-91 | 
Pioneer Elite CLD-99 |
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Remember that cool hidden "Graffiti Wall" here on BBR? After the name change I became the "owner", so to speak as it became: Dustyn's Wall »[Serious] RIP
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 DoggPremium
join:2003-06-11
Belleville, IL | reply to Dustyn
I've not used any, but the Elite line has always been highly recommended. I plan on upgrading my entertainment system later this year. My current plans are for the Oppo player.
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I miss my old APEX AD-500W. That thing would play anything you threw at it |
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KearnstdElf WizardPremium
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ | reply to Dustyn
The only one I have at the moment. my PS3.
Though I have a Samsung in another room that if I need a DVD player in a pinch I can use that. But I do not think it has HDMI output.
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