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greg_t · 04-07-2003, 10:22 PM

Hey David,

Congrats on the Elite purchase. I just got a 530 and I love it. I have both an RP91 and an XP30. The XP30 might have a very slight edge over the 91 as far as progressive, but it is not night and day. The other features of the 91 such as the scaling of non-anamaphoric dvd, better remote, build quality, fiber and coaxil out, dvd-audio, means the 91 will stay as my player of choice. The Denon 1600 has the same video components as the XP30 but has dvd-audio and likely better build quality.

I personally love the non-anamaphoric scaling of the 91. This however is NOT a necessity with the Elite's, as the stretch modes on this set are just fantastic and do a great job with non-anamaphoric, but the 91 still does a better job. My opinion is that if you want an all around great player with great flexibility, get the 91. If all you really want is top notch progressive with anamaphoric dvd's, get the xp30. If you want top notch progressive scan with dvd-audio, check out the Denon 1600. Hope this helps.

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greg_t Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Local Time: 04:33 AM Local Date: 11-23-2008 Posts: 1,721	Hey David, Congrats on the Elite purchase. I just got a 530 and I love it. I have both an RP91 and an XP30. The XP30 might have a very slight edge over the 91 as far as progressive, but it is not night and day. The other features of the 91 such as the scaling of non-anamaphoric dvd, better remote, build quality, fiber and coaxil out, dvd-audio, means the 91 will stay as my player of choice. The Denon 1600 has the same video components as the XP30 but has dvd-audio and likely better build quality. I personally love the non-anamaphoric scaling of the 91. This however is NOT a necessity with the Elite's, as the stretch modes on this set are just fantastic and do a great job with non-anamaphoric, but the 91 still does a better job. My opinion is that if you want an all around great player with great flexibility, get the 91. If all you really want is top notch progressive with anamaphoric dvd's, get the xp30. If you want top notch progressive scan with dvd-audio, check out the Denon 1600. Hope this helps.