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I had to check this thread while at work:). Hopefully, I'll remember when I go home, then reply back again after the weekend... That's likely:D

I watched Futurama on my new N50BK. Not that bad at all for video based material. I think the whole point of Skyler's remarks were that it's very good for that "under $120" price class... and it is. Better than the new Pannys without the Faroudja. This player is sort of the old 500 in the way...

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And I've yet to read or hear about the "DVD spec police" coming after and pulling over Columbia/Tristar for putting seamless layer changes in their Superbit titles. Maybe other studios shouldn't be so scared to do the same.

Not to generalize too much, but I will.:D Shouldn't Samsung concentrate on reliability in their products rather than features? Everytime I turn around, Samsung is pushing something *new* that other companies haven't rolled out yet. Then I flip to one of those sites with a bunch of consumer...

It's too late now, Kevin. What are they going to do, go back and remaster those thousands of old DVDs and reissue them for those of us who complained? It's really in the hands of the hardware manufacturers at this point. Plus, (I'm repeating myself from another thread) I never bought the idea...

Futurama has been my favorite show for the last couple of years, pushing down The Simpsons, but I'm pretty useless at work if I try to stay up "late" to watch Futurama on Cartoon Network. Besides, buying this box set, I'm hoping, would have a more direct impact on the slim chances of getting Fox...

Speed. Depending on which changer, I often think I can walk up to the single-disc player, put in a different DVD and have it start up faster than a changer can skip to the next DVD in its tray.

I guess you can search around the newer Panasonic threads. Word on the street is, Panasonic is dropping the prices of their new models, but that's because they're not going to use the Faroudja deinterlacer anymore.

Surprisingly, the Sony DVP-NS315 was also rated as Consumer Report's top microwave oven, refrigerator, and compact automobile.:laugh:

Denon 2900, Philips 963, and Samsung 931. Those threads are already ridiculously long. Panasonic is off the radar as far as the new models go, unless its threads talking about shock and disbelief of the company's new direction.

Phil, I think layer change speed is all in the drive, and the 2800, 9000, and your 3800 are all 2x DVD-ROM drives. Similarly, Apex uses DVD-ROM drives, achieving great layer change speeds as well.

This from Denon's website. Denon 1600

ReggieW, Can you confirm that the Denon 1600 is no better than the typical player when it comes with layer change speed? The results from Secrets for the 1600 and 900 seem to support the idea that the whole buffer thing is useless, and it's really the DVD-ROM drive vs. standalone drive thing...