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Old Mar 8, 2007 | 05:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Jani 5
oppo is the shit.
What do you know about oppo?
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Old Mar 8, 2007 | 06:53 AM
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Originally Posted by bnuk
get the thin cheap philips one from best buy. got it because it is cheap but it turned to be pretty sweet. It is one of the few players that will play Divx files burned to CD/DVD R/RWs.. I use that feature a lot. Its also real easy to region change, just punch in a code on the remote.
Never have been a Phillips person, they're plasma's are ok. I really wanted the Yamaha in light of the fact that I'll be running a Yamaha reciever.
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Old Mar 8, 2007 | 10:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Chris WebMaster
What do you know about oppo?
best up-conversion for ballas on a budget.
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Old Mar 8, 2007 | 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Jani 5
best up-conversion for ballas on a budget.
Not to many people know about them...
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Old Mar 8, 2007 | 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Chris WebMaster
I've never heard of that brand...

From what I've heard the best DVD picture isn't even with an upscaling DVD player...it's with a DVD with a higher end video processor. From what I've read the best possible picture is with a high end Marantz DVD player because their video processor > the best upscaling video processor.
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Old Mar 8, 2007 | 06:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Chris WebMaster
Not to many people know about them...
im not many people.

but yeah, ive seen the 970 and 971 in action... and they look pretty sweet.
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Old Mar 8, 2007 | 07:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Jani 5
im not many people.

but yeah, ive seen the 970 and 971 in action... and they look pretty sweet.
If I wasn't into HD DVD Player I would get the 981.
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Old Mar 9, 2007 | 08:30 AM
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This thing is starting to cost me, ~$30 to ship it to Yamaha. I still got a $25 BB Gift Card that I got AR ProII Component Video cables and 3 packs of AR Banana Plugs with, so I've come out even
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