Jim Tudor
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- Apr 10, 1999
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I just picked up an RP56 for use on my 47" Panasonic HDTV, replacing my non-progressive Sony S300. The picture looks great, but already I'm missing a few things that the Sony did, but apparently this one does not.
1) Holding it's place when stopped. I like to be able to press stop, power-down the player, and come back to it later. The Sony did this, but I can't figure out how to get the RP56 to do it. It will hold it's spot for a short while, but eventually, when on stop mode (but still turned on), it shuts itself off, forcing you to start over. If I'm watching something without chapter stops, it makes it very difficult to get back to where I leave off every time I have to get up. Am I missing something w/ the RP56, or is this how it is?
2) The Sony used to display the time of each track, not the DVD's over-all length. It seems to me that this wouldn't be a difficult optional switch for the machine to be capable of, but apparently it's stuck on the movie-length display?
3) Frame-by-frame in reverse. Haven't been able to figure this out yet. Will it do it?
I didn't have much money to spend on the new DVD player - I got the RP56 for exactly $200 at Sears over the weekend - but if a comparible progressive player is out there for close to this price, and it does these things listed above (that's if the RP56 indeed cannot), I'd definitly consider exchanging the RP56. I've been reading about the scaling feature for 4:3 material on JVC models, and find myself wanting that feature. Maybe I'd be better off w/ a JVC?
Thanks in advance, and sorry if these are stupid questions.
JiM T
1) Holding it's place when stopped. I like to be able to press stop, power-down the player, and come back to it later. The Sony did this, but I can't figure out how to get the RP56 to do it. It will hold it's spot for a short while, but eventually, when on stop mode (but still turned on), it shuts itself off, forcing you to start over. If I'm watching something without chapter stops, it makes it very difficult to get back to where I leave off every time I have to get up. Am I missing something w/ the RP56, or is this how it is?
2) The Sony used to display the time of each track, not the DVD's over-all length. It seems to me that this wouldn't be a difficult optional switch for the machine to be capable of, but apparently it's stuck on the movie-length display?
3) Frame-by-frame in reverse. Haven't been able to figure this out yet. Will it do it?
I didn't have much money to spend on the new DVD player - I got the RP56 for exactly $200 at Sears over the weekend - but if a comparible progressive player is out there for close to this price, and it does these things listed above (that's if the RP56 indeed cannot), I'd definitly consider exchanging the RP56. I've been reading about the scaling feature for 4:3 material on JVC models, and find myself wanting that feature. Maybe I'd be better off w/ a JVC?
Thanks in advance, and sorry if these are stupid questions.
JiM T