Best Progressive Scan DVD Player under $400 (1 Viewer)

[Larry C]

Well I will be getting a HDTV very soon and would like some opinions on what you all think is the best bang for buck!!! I heard the Toshiba SD5700 is a real nice player. Any other suggestions???

Thanks!!!

 

[BobJ]

The Panasonic RP-82 is around $200 and an excellent buy. Do a search here for it.

 

[Larry C]

Thanks will do!!! Any thoughts on the Toshiba SD5700?

 

[John-Miles]

well just to promote the HT bug maybe you should think about paying a bit more for the pioneer 45a people have gotten it for 425, and aside fromt he chroma bug (all depends on how much that bothers you) it is suppose dot be a great player, its a universal one as well.

 

[Bryan "C." A.]

Any thoughts on the Toshiba SD5700?

Does Toshiba still make that model? There are several discussions going on about the SD-3800 and SD-4800. The only difference I know from testing those models is that the 4800 has DVD-Audio capability. One such is:
http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htfo...hreadid=101813

 

[TonyTone]

I have the 5700 and it is a pretty nice DVD player for the price. Granted I haven't tested the HDCD/DVD-Audio capabilities of the 5700 as of yet but from what I've read elsewhere, it could be better. IIRC the 5700 is last year's model, so I can't compare it to the 4800 which I would presume would be a step above last year's 4700. I probably would have gotten the 4700 if it weren't for the fact that I got a really decent deal on the 5700, and that the silver-colored finish more closely matches my Wega than the black 4700...

 

[KeithH]

Bryan, Toshiba no longer offers the '4700 in its product range. The '4800 is Toshiba's only current budget DVD-Audio player.

The widely accepted usage of the term 'universal player' applies to DVD-Video players that also play DVD-Audio discs and SACDs (CD playback is a given).

 

[Jeff Ery]

Yamaha has a great unit that I picked up about a week ago for @400 , the dvdc920: dvda and a dcdi chipset