Jim Williams

Replacement for RP91

I love my RP91 but I know one day it will bite the dust. What would you recommend for someone who watches 99.9% film based DVDs as a replacement for the RP91?

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Jay Blair

Jim, if you really love your RP91, have you thought about just replacing it with another RP91? Crutchfield still has some for sale in its scratch and dent section for a great price. This player is hard to beat, especially at the Crutchfield price of $255 shipped.

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-ylKgxqa...&cc=07&search=

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Don_Berg

The RP91 doesn't have the Faroudja de-interlacer, it does have a great MPEG decoder though.

Scott Merryfield

This has frustrated me, too. I still have not found a player that makes me want to upgrade from my RP-91 for these reasons. I sure hope mine does not die before something comparable hits the market. I'm holding out hope for the Momitsu V880N being released soon, even though it lacks DVD-Audio support. I am concerned about build quality with such offbrand equipment, though.

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DaveGTP

If you watch mostly film-based dvds, the latest silicon image deinterlacer is supposed to be as good, if not better, than the Faroudja...

I'm not so lucky - between anime and Babylon 5, I've got lot of video-based material, and anime needs a quality deinterlacer. My CP72 is dead, the Denon dvd-910 jitters. I'm still contemplating replacements. It's hard to find !

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Don_Berg

DaveGTP, I'd heartily recommend a Panasonic XP30 Faroudja-based model - I got one on EBAY 9months ago and its been perfect. I compared to the Denon DVD-910/1200 and Mitsubishi DD-8040 at that time and the XP30 had several features those others lacked. There are still a few brand new/unopened XP30 units selling on EBAY - I say grab one.