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In Reply to: No, but I guess that you (and Sony) both do... posted by Charles Hansen on March 4, 2007 at 10:04:58:
Like SACD and DVD-A, both hi-rez video systems will fail if all they have going for them is slightly superior quality replay because the vast majority of consumers do not have systems fully capable of exploiting the difference and even the most popular 37" and 42" plasmas aren't up to the job.The parallels between audio and video hi-rez formats are endless, but I don't believe the market is there for either apart from enthusiasts.
At least with SACD the first generation of players were over engineered, underpriced behemoths meant to demonstrate any superiority as clearly as possible, but with Blu-Ray and HD-DVD we had under-engineered, over-priced pieces of junk which were an insult to enthusiasts and a measure of the contempt in which 'we' are held.
Best Regards,
Chris redmond.
Follow Ups:
Chris,i have Toshiba's new HD-XA2 and it's the best SD DVD player i've seen as well as amazing in 1080p HD. both HD-DVD and Blue Ray look great to my eyes and are a big step up if you have a proper display device.
below is a link to a shootout between the HD-XA2 and a hot-rodded SD DVD player thru a SOTA Video proessor, the Crystalio II (which i also own).
at $995 retail the HD-AX2 is a fair value for what it does.
I recently saw what I believe was a Toshiba as the source for a projector and the picture was superb, even though the projector was 'only' capable of 720p.On the other hand I've seen quite a few HD-DVD and Blu-Ray sources feeding various 37" and 42" plasmas in local retailers, and the picture on my own 42" Panasonic with a Denon DVD-A1XV as source is superior.
Granted I carefully selected my plasma, power cords and HDMI lead to get optimum performance and the DVD player has the very best upscaler, but I'm in no rush to get any of the Hi-Def options just yet although a 50" LG plasma fed a hi-def signal via some kind of 'Hi-def streaming' source (no model number or indication of the manufacturer) provided the best images I've seen.
Once the hardware and software are up to scratch - and SKY HD gets it's act together - I'll be opting in for sure but at the moment I'm largely unimpressed.
If your video system is anywhere near the standard of your audio rig however I might just have to dig out the goose-fat again, smear myself from head to foot and set off on another cross Atlantic swim......
Best Regards,
Chris Redmond.
Best Regards,
Chris redmond.
< < At least with SACD the first generation of players were over engineered, underpriced behemoths meant to demonstrate any superiority as clearly as possible, but with Blu-Ray and HD-DVD we had under-engineered, over-priced pieces of junk which were an insult to enthusiasts and a measure of the contempt in which 'we' are held. > >In the case of Sony, this is certainly true. The first Sony DVD player (DVD-7000?) was an excellent piece of gear that set the standard for years (at least until progressive-scan was introduced). And the over-built Sony SCD-1 was clearly a loss-leader for Sony.
And on the software side of SACD, they went overboard to ensure a quality product -- hiring Ed Meitner to design and build the converters to make sure that the product was showing everything that the medium was capable of.
But it is truly baffling that the Blu-ray software releases have been sub-par. It wouldn't have taken much effort to make sure things were done right, but apparently nobody cared. And on the hardware side, the first players won't even play audio CDs! What a mess!
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