Search results

These Philips-based designs/interfaces seem cool when you read the product details on line, as well as when you own them for a year. After that, I had a bad experience. I'm on my third DVD-C750. Either it would become nonresponsive, its tray would jam, or it wouldn't finish a multi-channel SACD...

Do Bur Brown DACs keep DSD as it is, or do they transcode/down-convert it to PCM before it are output via the 5.1 analog output?

Has anybody had good luck playing DVD+/-RDL on the Yamaha DVD-C950? Unfortunately, I get about +/-30 seconds of load attempt followed by a 'NO DISC' prompt. If anyone has good luck, please mention what burning software you used and how it was configured.

Before I begin, I must admit that I'm still an old-fashion CRT composite video user, so I'm in the minority at these forums and have never actually experienced HDMI yet. I'm only going by information I got off the internet, as well as my own experience with Pal and NTSC. Remember that it's not...

I just looked in the 980's PDF manual and unlike Oppo's site, the manual says it can output 480I via HDMI, letting you use your display's deinterlacing solution. My only concern is how a North American LCD display will handle a native interlaced Pal 576I signal over HDMI. Otherwise, your best...

Definitly! Besides, the audio DACs in receivers and video DACs in displays are usually better than in the players anyway. I e-mailed Oppo anonymously and this was their response: "There are no plans a this time on creating a DVD player which supports both USB and the Faroudja de-interlacing...

You said you were curious about the progress regarding the 'ALL DISC' repeat bug. Well, I gave up on waiting for a response from Philips. I decided to get two Lite-On LH-20A1P DVD+/-RDL internal drives so I don't have to put up with the five-time region changing limit. I plan on reauthoring my...

I just realized ... It would be less expensive just to wait for an all-in-one player. However, if you absolutely can't wait and happen to have a receiver with two or more HDMI inputs (version 1.2 or higher) and you need pure DSD and high-quality Pal-to-NTSC conversion, buy the 981 for video...

Now this sounds truely convincing! DSD over HDMI AND Pal are equally important in my case. Therefore, I'm waiting for a Faroudja player with HDMI 1.2 or higher. Thanks.

But is there picture flicker during Pal-to-NTSC playback via HDMI? I understand that Faroudja handles conversion very well. If not, by all means, you can't beat the 980 for playing anything you want to play and/or listen to. If so, and internatiol DVD playback is important, it might be best to...

Are you saying you are getting a 980 on Monday? Please let us know about Pal-to-NTSC conversion over HDMI!

Well then, if the 980 comes close to the quality of DCDi by Faroudja, but without the macroblocking problem, we might have THE upconverting SD DVD player that will keep us happy until we're ready to upgrade to BlueRay and/or HDDVD. We'll just have to wait and see.

Besides Faroudja, are there any other high-end deinterlacers that handle 3:2 and 2:2 DVDs, as well as convert NTSC to Pal successfully? If the method of upconverting is the same in the 980 as is in the 970, I might write to Oppo suggesting a deinterlacer other than Faroudja for their next...

I believe that HDMI 1.2 can handle unprocessed raw DSD from SACDs. The 981's HDMI output can only send SACD when it's converted to PCM. I don't know of any other differences between 1.1 and 1.2 besides that. Of course, if there are more differences, please let us know. Again, as far as Faroudja...

Face it. 1080P, NTSC and Pal, and all forms of raw digital audio from compressed MP3/WMA/DOLBY DIGITAL/DTS to uncompressed PCM and DSD, all via HDMI! Many current receivers feature HDMI 1.2 inputs, but pay attention... This is the first DVD player I'm aware of that actually features an HDMI 1.2...

Can't rotate? Ah. Just like the 950. Man, this Philips-based interface is one of the best we have going!.

Its just that other brands such as Sony actually function properly when using the 'ALL DISC' repeat mode during DVD-VIDEO playback, bypassing the loaded discs' menus. You would think it would only involve a simple correction in the firmware that should be no problem for the designer(s). I wrote...

Love it or hate it, it's really just a Yamaha DVD-C950 with the additions of 1080P, detachable power cord, and three-year warranty. I personally love it when high-end manufacturers choose this Philips-based interface. Being that it is Philips based, I think I am going to write Philips a letter...

I'm not sure if there is a region hack for it, Nor am I sure it will even accept a Pal DVD!

Like the Yamaha DVD-C950, I am not sure if DCDi by Faroudja is available via HDMI. It does output in Pal. I read a report at http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks claiming that 99990 does the job making it multi-region compatible.

It seems as though the Marantz VC6001 is a Yamaha DVD-C950 with the additions of 1080P, video off, and a removeable power cord. I own both the Yamaha DVD-C750 and the DVD-C950, and I am pretty happy with them. www.onecall.com is the only authorized Marantz dealer who carries the VC6001. Check...

When the manual says that DCDi by Faroudja is only available with Progressive output, do they mean Progressive as opposed to interlaced, or do they mean the Component output only? Has anybody tried Pal-to-NTSC over HDMI with this changer? Does the picture flicker or is it flawless? Also, where...

There has been nothing of interest to me available on DVD-AUDIO yet. So I can't be of any help as far as DVD-AUDIO is concerned. I currently use composite video connections on my 950 and 750/6770 and have had no noticeable lipsync issues. However, I am sending my 750/6770 to Yamaha Electronics...

News Flash! I was playing my original London cast recordings of 'The Phantom of the Opera' and 'Les Miserables' in my Yamaha DVD-C750/DV-C6770 and its disc reading mechanism died on me and it won't read any type of disc whatsoever! It's three months out of warranty and I will have to pay a $75...

I thought the 750 and 950 have the same circuitry, except the 950 has DCDi by Faroudja and HDMI, no burr brown DACs in either one. What are the advantages of burr brown DACs? I didn't want my SA-CDs changed to PCM. Do burr brown DACs convert DSD signals on SA-CD discs to PCM? If so, then I...

Dave, exactly what trouble did you have with the Yamaha DVD-C950? Just so you know, I own two Yamaha DVD changers (the DVD-C750/DV-C6770 and the DVD-C950. The carousel on my DVD-C750/DV-C6770 jams, yet the one on my DVD-C950 so far runs smoothly. So if it was carousel trouble, I would give...

Gene, so far, I haven't heard of a BlueRay/HDDVD machine capable of DVD-A/SA-CD. However, there is Dolby Digital HD and DTS HD on BlueRay/HDDVD audio streams if that might be of interest to you. Chris, have you ever heard of the Secrets Benchmark? They have played a big part in my A/V decisions...

Yes. The MediaTek MT1389EE is an MPEG decoder. The things that chip has going for it include speed, breakless layer change, support for DivX and SA-CD playback, Pal, NTSC, and converting one to the other. I understand it is not the world's best deinterlacer, but it's not the world's worst...

I forgot to mention that once in a while, the tray on my 6770 jams when closing it. However, if I push upward on the underneath part of the tray immediately before it closes, I have no problems. So far, my 950 hasn't done that to me yet (knock on wood).

Hi, Gene. Telling me that the 6770 uses a 1389EE boosts my selfconfidence when it comes to filling in missing information based on technical discriptions of other machines. Also, Gene, if you are interested in DVD-A/SA-CD, you might still want to keep your 6770 in easy reach even after you...