Panny Rp-91 or yamaha 6480 (1 Viewer)

[WilliamC]

I have narrowed it down to these 2 porgressive players, but can't make up my mind between the two. The yamaha has the faroudja which is a better de-interlacer than the panny. I have not heard any good things about the panny's de-interlacing abilities. However the panny scales non-anamorphic DVDs. Any advice?
Is the yamaha's picture quality better than the Rp-91?
Hows the Rp-82 compared to the RP-91?
also the yamaha has burr-brown DACs would that make much of a differnce in sound quality compared to the panny?
Thanks

 

[John Geelan]

I have the Panasonic RP91 and I feel it's a winner. The only thing I don't like about it is that it doesn't give TIME REMAINING on a dvd. Other than that the video is very good and DVDA's sound great.

Don't know anything about the Yamaha.

 

[SeanWillis]

The 82 has the same mpeg decoder as the 91 but it also has the better de-interlacer. This will likely result in a slightly better picture. But as you said, the 91 does scale which the 82 does not. If this is important to you, the 82 does have a time remaining feature.

Cheers,

Sean

 

[Aaron H]

How long before we start to see models with both the scaling and the better chips? This seems to be a no-brainer to me. Haven't the bigger companies caught on?

Thanks, Aaron