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Jonathan Burk · 09-24-2006, 05:09 PM

After 4 years, I have decided to upgrade my DVD player, and I'm not sure if they make one with all the features I'd like.

- Progressive scan- 480p with DCDI (1080i upscaling would be nice, but not necessary)

- No chroma bug

- Pillar-box 4x3 material on the 480p output (my TV forces 16x9 on the progressive inputs)

- Capable of zooming letterboxed 4x3 discs to make them 16x9.

- MP3 playback with "random" or "shuffle" playback of MP3's.

- Resume function, where it remembers where I was on previous discs.

- DVD +/- RW compatibility

- $300 or less.

Most of my stuff is Sony, but any brand will do. Is anyone here familiar with a player that does this? If I had to give up something on the list, I could do without DCDI, as long as the PQ was still as good or better than my Sony DVP-NS775V.

Thanks for any advice!

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Jonathan Burk Member Join Date: Jun 1999 Local Time: 10:42 PM Local Date: 12-01-2008 Posts: 830	Does my "ideal" DVD player exist? After 4 years, I have decided to upgrade my DVD player, and I'm not sure if they make one with all the features I'd like. - Progressive scan- 480p with DCDI (1080i upscaling would be nice, but not necessary) - No chroma bug - Pillar-box 4x3 material on the 480p output (my TV forces 16x9 on the progressive inputs) - Capable of zooming letterboxed 4x3 discs to make them 16x9. - MP3 playback with "random" or "shuffle" playback of MP3's. - Resume function, where it remembers where I was on previous discs. - DVD +/- RW compatibility - $300 or less. Most of my stuff is Sony, but any brand will do. Is anyone here familiar with a player that does this? If I had to give up something on the list, I could do without DCDI, as long as the PQ was still as good or better than my Sony DVP-NS775V. Thanks for any advice! Last edited by Jonathan Burk : 09-24-2006 at 06:07 PM.