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Just read in another thread that encrypted HDMI is going to be the connection of choice. CES 2004 in Las Vegas could be the first place to see the new offerings of players and receivers and pre-amps that support it could be. If WSR John Kotches' time table is correct, we may see actual product...

I wouldn't call it totally subpar (it does not have the chroma bug, which is a big plus), but if you want a good tied me over (that just so happens to play SACD and DVD-Audio media; not perfectly, but still pretty well) then it's a steal (if you can find it on sale, especially). Unless...

They are Burr-Brown PCM/DSD DAC's capable (or so their literature states) of decoding both formats discretely with no conversion. The audio format decoding chip is a Philips PCM/DSD all-in-one, which can output pure DSD. Where the confusion comes in is at what point does the Pioneer convert DSD...

The Pioneer does not do scaling. Progressive scan is either on or off... that's about it. ---------------- So far so good! This temporary universal player replaced a Toshiba SD-1200 and the picture quality (even in interlaced mode, which I will be stuck with for a while) is quite a bit...

Chris, I think you returned the Pioneer way too prematurely before the answers to setting this thing (as well as other universal players) up correctly could be forthcoming (keeping in mind their BM and channel level quirks). As others have said, you need to spend some time with...

I picked one up via OneCall's special sale. I thought I'd do what I can for the forum! :D Now, hopefully they will be back in stock soon. One poster stated today, so we shall see. I've blown my budget for a while, but I just couldn't help myself at that price! :b I might hold off on...

I guess I still need a solid answer before I buy one of these things: Does the 563A with speakers set to LARGE and subwoofer output ON, send out via the 5.1 analog outputs whatever is on the SACD and DVD-Audio discs with no alterations? That's all I need to know as I will be doing analog...

Does this player work okay when Bass Management is not used? As in, speakers set to LARGE and sub set to ON. That's how I'd have to use it anyway with my Outlaw Model 950 pre-amp and its 6 channel analog input and 80 Hz analog bass management setup. How are layer changes handled on this...

However, using the Philips DSD decoder does not mean it is a pure DSD player. Many have stated that Pioneer is using PCM DAC's to keep the player's cost down, that means the chip's option to do DSD--->PCM is probably turned on. Not a huge biggie for a temporary (until the growing pains in...