What's the diff? (DVD player question)

[moves]

What's the difference between lets say a $300 DVD player and a $1500 DVD player?

I've never seen a movie on a high end DVD player but I can't imagine the picture getting any better than what's played off a PS3 blue ray player for example...

I am wondering what's the benefits of getting a high end DVD player.

[RoadRunner6]

For $499 you can get this one which I've had for a several months. It is not only extremely impressive on Blu-Ray, SACD and DVD-Audio but also great for Standard DVD's.

http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/blu-r...ay-player.html

[pixelthis]

If you are serious about PQ, BLU is the way to go.
Not only for the BLU PQ, but the way a typical blu player handles DVD.
Although after watching BLU you wont want to watch DVD that much.

[bfalls]

A $1500 DVD player would have better quality parts and design features. Features may include separate power supplies for controls and signal, better DACs, better designed signal paths, better video processing chip, better transport to reduce jitter, copper-clad chassis, additional format processing. Could be any number of features plus the addition of user adjustable audio and video controls for the player.

Actually, although I haven't seen it, the PS3 hasn't received good marks for DVD reproduction. My main player is a PS3 and except for it being noisier than a standalone player, the PQ looks great to me on both DVD and Blu-ray. Hope this helps.

[pixelthis]

A $1500 DVD player would have better quality parts and design features. Features may include separate power supplies for controls and signal, better DACs, better designed signal paths, better video processing chip, better transport to reduce jitter, copper-clad chassis, additional format processing. Could be any number of features plus the addition of user adjustable audio and video controls for the player.

Actually, although I haven't seen it, the PS3 hasn't received good marks for DVD reproduction. My main player is a PS3 and except for it being noisier than a standalone player, the PQ looks great to me on both DVD and Blu-ray. Hope this helps.

I have seen these megabuck players, and even paid 700 bucks for a panny DVD-A/DVD
on closeout, but their time has passed.
Basically any 200 buck BLU player will blow even the most expensive DVD player away.
And not just for BLU, the video amps are wider band, even DVD will look miles better
on a BLU player.
And the sound, good god, the sound alone is worth it

[musicman1999]

There is another level of DVD player and with the proper equipment and budget they are well worth it. I have a Sim Audio DVD player and it blows away any other player, at least that i have seen. It weighs over 30 pounds and is built like a tank, has seperate power supplies for analog and digital, defeatable digital outputs, BNC video connectors, SDI video connector and has the full analog section from a Moon Equinox cd player, also Faroudja DCDI video processing. I also have a Pioneer Bluray that is a highly rated upconvertor and cd player and the Moon blows it away. Players costing thousands of dollars are not for everyone and not for every system but be aware that there is a whole other performance level out there.

bill

[westcott]

I have seen these megabuck players, and even paid 700 bucks for a panny DVD-A/DVD
on closeout, but their time has passed.
Basically any 200 buck BLU player will blow even the most expensive DVD player away.
And not just for BLU, the video amps are wider band, even DVD will look miles better
on a BLU player.
And the sound, good god, the sound alone is worth it

This is not true. A LOT of the new BR players use subpar video processors. That is fine for BR playback but standard DVD playback requires a quality video processor.

When we had the HD DVD competiton, all the players had awesome video processors. Once the battle was one, they all went to crap. Why? Because it is cheaper and BR playback does not require near the processing finesse of standard DVD playback.

If you have a library of standard DVD's, I suggest getting a quality player with a good video processor. Most new BR players don't.

[recoveryone]

What's the difference between lets say a $300 DVD player and a $1500 DVD player?

I've never seen a movie on a high end DVD player but I can't imagine the picture getting any better than what's played off a PS3 blue ray player for example...

I am wondering what's the benefits of getting a high end DVD player.

It should be build quality of each unit. not to say that one will give you a better pic, but over time the $1500 one should hold up better than a $300 unit. But one could say that you would feed the $300 junk disc along with Blu rays, and I'm sure you would be more careful what was played in the the highend unit. so it could balance out in the end if each were treated similar.

I have never had any problem with of the DVD players I have own, compared to my friends who have purchased decent units. I just was a bit more careful what I put in my units.....No bootlegs/very very few home movies, only my own vids. In many cases its not the PQ that goes, but the tray mechanism or some other mechanical issue from over/mis-use.

[moves]

lol first off... what's a PQ?

[02audionoob]

lol first off... what's a PQ?

PQ = picture quality

[Woochifer]

What's the difference between lets say a $300 DVD player and a $1500 DVD player?

I've never seen a movie on a high end DVD player but I can't imagine the picture getting any better than what's played off a PS3 blue ray player for example...

I am wondering what's the benefits of getting a high end DVD player.

The biggest differences are with the construction and the specification on the circuitry, particularly on the audio side. But, high price does not necessarily equate to best-in-class video performance. For example, the highest performing DVD player ever on the Secrets of Home Theater's benchmark ranking was a $400 Oppo player (the immediate predecessor to the $500 Oppo BD-83 Blu-ray player, which has been getting standout reviews).

Generally, the difference between a high performing DVD player and low performing player is in how they handle poorly mastered discs. Without getting overly technical, a progressive scan DVD player needs to detect whether an image comes from a film or video-based source, and apply the correct processing to have that image display properly. A player that does not handle the signal processing properly will have visible issues like jagged diagonal lines, screen door effect, color banding, etc. And these kinds of errors are likeliest to occur with poorly mastered DVDs.

This was a huge issue in the early days of the DVD format. But, newer players perform more consistently than before, and the DVD mastering has also improved greatly.

Nowadays, it just makes more sense to buy a Blu-ray player from the get go. While early Blu-ray players did not perform well with DVDs, the newer models have greatly improved their DVD playback.

Actually, although I haven't seen it, the PS3 hasn't received good marks for DVD reproduction. My main player is a PS3 and except for it being noisier than a standalone player, the PQ looks great to me on both DVD and Blu-ray. Hope this helps.

A lot of the PS3 reviews were based on the earlier firmware versions. Sony is currently on version 2.8, while the most recent review I've seen of the PS3's video performance used version 1.8.

The predecessors to my Denon DVD player (the equivalent model to the DVD-1940ci) fared very well on the Secrets of Home Theater benchmarks, and the PS3 is just about at that level. The Denon handles defective discs better and has slightly less video noise (the PS3 has three adjustable noise reduction modes that do a great job with reducing the video noise, albeit with a concurrent reduction in detail), but otherwise the PS3 does fine with DVD playback and a stellar job with Blu-ray.