hey Robert, why aren't you using your S2300!? grin. mulling this player. I have an RP82 (region 1 base, multi-switching). I need something with a 'screensaver'. no complaints is good. I just chimed in as to how people view the video quality, and to my eyes, it ain't the best...
ok, I used to wonder why people complained about the BRAVEHEART print. Ditto for SOUND OF MUSIC. Looks rather normal and nice on my then display. I watched BRAVEHEART again on my bigger plasma display, and it looks pretty bad. Relative, isn't it? Not everyone has the same...
my observation (2 different players) was that the DTS track was 'louder' than the DD disc track (as heard during the opening chapter). I will try to compare during the 'big' passages, and watch the doc (26 mins of compressed 4:3 material), when possible.
as I said, the visual artifacts are not that bad to drop a purchase, just choose your disc preference. if anything, it certainly isn't SuperBit quality (when viewed on a 50" plasma). but remains a good movie that is a worthy purchase.
The Grinch! visual commentary - funny one too. um, my review was based on a 50" plasma. so the average viewer may not notice what I saw. however, anything I view on my 36" direct view (16x9) looks WORSE! grin, plasmaitis I would say.
hi, I ran both. HBO Doc is 26 minutes long. DTS is slightly louder. Sounds good. Overall the picture is soft, edge enhancement is quite visible, and compression around titles was distracting. The DTS picture looked slightly worse with titles, but on the whole nothing to toss up...