Paramount and Dreamworks Go HD-DVD Exclusive

[bobsticks]

As has been mentioned the opinions held by aficionados don't mean a hill o' beans in the battle for mainstream dominance. The fact that "Blu-Ray" has already found itself into the popular vernacular as meaning Hi Definition Discs may be telling. Maybe not.

I'm pretty happy with the 360's HD-DVD add on but I'm not firmly entrenched into any camp. Whatever will prove in the long run to give me better audio and video will get the bulk of my expenditures--actually good old fashioned two channel audio sources will probably...never mind.

I'm looking forward to the release of the new generation Denon machines. Will they have the same quality of DACs and video processing? That's the 64,000 dollar question, but 2k for a machine that will devour any disc you put into it including Hi-Def and Hi-Rez is pretty compelling.

[PeruvianSkies]

As has been mentioned the opinions held by aficionados don't mean a hill o' beans in the battle for mainstream dominance. The fact that "Blu-Ray" has already found itself into the popular vernacular as meaning Hi Definition Discs may be telling. Maybe not.

I'm pretty happy with the 360's HD-DVD add on but I'm not firmly entrenched into any camp. Whatever will prove in the long run to give me better audio and video will get the bulk of my expenditures--actually good old fashioned two channel audio sources will probably...never mind.

I'm looking forward to the release of the new generation Denon machines. Will they have the same quality of DACs and video processing? That's the 64,000 dollar question, but 2k for a machine that will devour any disc you put into it including Hi-Def and Hi-Rez is pretty compelling.

Great points!! I will also be interested in what Denon comes up with and that will most likely be my next player (a Denon that does all formats) and use that for all my video needs since the Parasound unit is now my CD/SACD-only transport.

[musicman1999]

Do you use your Parasound as a player or transport?
From what i hear this Denon,if it exists,does not play dvd-a or sacd.The lack of sacd would be a downside,also the cheap machine is a transport only,not a player.

bill

[PeruvianSkies]

Do you use your Parasound as a player or transport?
From what i hear this Denon,if it exists,does not play dvd-a or sacd.The lack of sacd would be a downside,also the cheap machine is a transport only,not a player.

bill

When I bought my Parasound unit back in the Spring I really wasn't in the market for one. I stumbled across a great deal that I couldn't refuse and in my mind I knew that the player could serve both audio and video needs. It's a superb video player...I mean it really makes regular DVD's look about as good as it gets. However, with my recent migration over to having 2 systems (HT and 2-channel) I am using the Parasound unit for CD playback and also SACD. My HT setup I use for TV, movies and occasional multi-channel music, but ideally i'd like to replace my Samsung DVD player with a high-end Denon once they start doing the HD formats...that could be quite some time. I will keep my Samsung though as it is modified to play all regions and also has a really good buffer for PAL/NTSC conversion, so since half of my movies are non-US region coded...i'll need it!

[musicman1999]

When I bought my Parasound unit back in the Spring I really wasn't in the market for one. I stumbled across a great deal that I couldn't refuse and in my mind I knew that the player could serve both audio and video needs. It's a superb video player...I mean it really makes regular DVD's look about as good as it gets. However, with my recent migration over to having 2 systems (HT and 2-channel) I am using the Parasound unit for CD playback and also SACD. My HT setup I use for TV, movies and occasional multi-channel music, but ideally i'd like to replace my Samsung DVD player with a high-end Denon once they start doing the HD formats...that could be quite some time. I will keep my Samsung though as it is modified to play all regions and also has a really good buffer for PAL/NTSC conversion, so since half of my movies are non-US region coded...i'll need it!

Interesting,i have heard it's not a bad player.What i was getting at however is do you use digital or analog connection.

bill

[PeruvianSkies]

Interesting,i have heard it's not a bad player.What i was getting at however is do you use digital or analog connection.

bill

Both. I have both analog and digital connected and I usually go back and forth a bit. My player has analog out and a 5.1 out, which I use the left and right outs and have them into my CD input on my receiver as well as the analog input (intended for SACD). I find myself liking certain things in analog over digital and vise-versa. Usually, and I don't know why this seems to be the case, but older recordings (actually older material I should say) sounds better to me via analog. For example I thought that the MoFi Gold CD of BOOKENDS sounded better and more organic in analog, but newer material tends to do well in digital.

[musicman1999]

Both. I have both analog and digital connected and I usually go back and forth a bit. My player has analog out and a 5.1 out, which I use the left and right outs and have them into my CD input on my receiver as well as the analog input (intended for SACD). I find myself liking certain things in analog over digital and vise-versa. Usually, and I don't know why this seems to be the case, but older recordings (actually older material I should say) sounds better to me via analog. For example I thought that the MoFi Gold CD of BOOKENDS sounded better and more organic in analog, but newer material tends to do well in digital.

That is a little strange,i would have thought that the Parasound would have been a fair bit better than the Pioneer reciever thats in your gear list.Maybe i don't give the Pioneer enough credit.

bill