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Re: DVD-A setup?


>>* do you always have to have a TV hooked to it for setup?<<

Nearly every player on the market requires a video screen for initial setup, as you will most likely need to change one or more player settings to integrate it into your system. For instance, most "universal" players come from the factory set to ignore DVD-Audio content. You have to change the player, which almost always requires access to the On-Screen Display (OSD).

>>* does anybody make something that automaticly defaults to two
channel without having to go thru the TV screen todo so?<<

Unfortunately, this is not possible, because there's no consistent standard for DVD-Audio authoring. Access methods to get at two-channel content (assuming the disc even has two-channel content - some do not) are different depending on what disc you are playing.

What some people do is hook up a TV for the first playing of a new disc, and note the buttons/keypresses it takes to get at the preferred content, write that on a label, and affix the label to the disc box or sleeve. That way there is a "cheat sheet" for each disc, and the TV can then be removed.

>>* will the blue ray units play DVD-A? <<

The Panasonic DMP-BD10 does, according to the current specs, but its cost is approximately double your stated budget figure. At this time there are no other Blu-Ray players on the market that advertise this functionality.


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