Another consideration if you are willing to up your budget a bit is Yamaha is releasing a new Faroudja-equipped universal player (DVD/DVD-A/SACD) in April according to company reps. Their release from last year was well-received by the guys at DVD Benchmark but had a MSRP of $999. The new system is supposed to have MSRP of $399 according to reports from CES 2004.

The new player is called the S1500.