Good PQ DVD Player

[mis3]

Just bought a Panasonic BD60 (Blu-Ray Player) and the picture quality of DVD playback is a lot better than my other DVD player, Philips 5990. I used to have the Sony S350 (Blu-Ray Player) and it was impossible to remove the region lock. I bought the Philips 5990 so I can play DVD from other regions.

Can you suggest a DVD player which can perform as well as this BD60 and can play other regions?

[MJA]

Oppo BDP-83

http://www.amazon.com/OPPO-BDP-83-Bl...1752774&sr=8-1

[mis3]

I read about Oppo but I don't plan to spend $500 US !!!

[MJA]

whats your budget?

I think Oppo is the only(not 100% sure) BD player with region free support

[mis3]

I am thinking to spend $60-$100 (CAN).

I already have the Panasonic BD60 for Blu-Ray and regular DVDs.

[victoriabears]

pioneer 420v-k

http://www.videohelp.com/forum/archi...s-t376202.html

[MJA]

I think he wants a combo drive region free player

[mis3]

No, not combo drive.

I will keep the BD60 mainly for Blu-Ray and this 2nd player for DVD, both for US DVD and Asia DVD.

They do sell this Pioneer DV-420V-K in my local Futureshop. Reading the attached thread, looks to me that people prefer this player than the Philips.

[victoriabears]

It is an excellent player, especially with the firmware upgrade, which in itself does not creat a perfect situation, eg: the list of divx files on a usb or disc does not come up automatically, you have to press menu and a few other small things but overall worthwhile.

[mis3]

So, How good is the upconversion of this Pioneer DV-420V-K? I hope it is better than Philips 5990.

After watching a few DVD in the Panny BD60, I can see that PQ of the Philips is not that good.

[victoriabears]

I have no experience of blu ray players upconversions, as I have only just got into dvd !!, but yes I believe the Pioneer is better than the philips.
I own both.

[mis3]

Since my TV is a 1080p HDTV so the DVD Player will have to "upconvered".

Victoriabears: Since you own both Pioneer and Philips DVD players, do you see better PQ with the Pioneer?

[budz]

For the price of the Panasonic BD60 you might as well buy another one for just upconverted DVD's. Best Buy has it on sale for $119.99 till tomorrow. Just my 2 cents!

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Panasoni...ustomerreviews

[mis3]

In Toronto, the retail price of BD60 is $299 (CAN). It is now on sales for $199 and I just bought it a few days ago.

Also, not sure if one can unlock the BD60.

[KBeee]

<edited for wrong quote>

"Since my TV is a 1080p HDTV so the DVD Player will have to "upconvered"."

Not necessarily, your TV will up convert anyway - if it didn't you'd have a small video playing in the centre of a black screen.

[mis3]

My TV (Sony 46Z4100) would probably do a better job in upconversion than the Philips.

Too bad I cannot turn off the upconverison function of the Philips.

[jagabo]

Too bad I cannot turn off the upconverison function of the Philips.

Sure you can. Just set it to output 480i or 480p.

[jman98]

mis3 - Are you looking for a BluRay player that can be made region free or do you just want a better DVD player that can be made region free? Because it makes a big difference. If you live in Canada or the USA, you have two options for a BluRay player. You can buy the Oppo or the Momitsu (go to http://www.hkflix.com for info) and that is it. Both are region free for BluRay and DVD playback. The Momitsu will ship ready to go as someone has applied a hardware change to the device after the manufacturer shipped it to support region free playback. With the Oppo, you will have to apply a firmware patch on your own to make it region free. No other BluRay players sold in the USA can be made region free for BluRay or even just DVD playback.

[mis3]

I am looking for a DVD player with better PQ and can be made region-free.

[samijubal]

Pioneer is definitely better than Philips. The only HD player I've used was a Toshiba HD-DVD player which was better than the Pioneer.

[manono]

No other BluRay players sold in the USA can be made region free for BluRay or even just DVD playback.

Not any more. There are clones of the Momitsu BDP-899 now, and here's one that's pretty darned inexpensive:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...r-20/ref=nosim

[libradude88]

The Oppo BDP-83 is NOT region free. Who keeps spreading these lies?

[budz]

The Oppo BDP-83 is NOT region free. Who keeps spreading these lies?

Yup, he's right about that! Below is from AVS Forum Blu-Ray Players thread on Oppo BDP-83:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...7#post15914837
Click where it says "SPOILER" and you'll see it.

The BDP-83 will support DVD Region 1 and Blu-ray Region A only. The Blu-ray Disc Association does not allow OPPO to support any region unlocking capabilities, even for DVD-Video playback.

As Blu-ray is a relatively new platform, OPPO wants to make sure they can sell Blu-ray players for many more years to come. They do not want to implement or excise any content control which could jeopardize their standing with the Blu-ray Disc Association.

[jagabo]

Region free hack for BPD-83:
http://www.crtprojectors.co.uk/region_free_bpd-83.htm

[budz]

^^^^Yuh, it includes having to open up the player to make changes to hardware.
IMHO most people won't even wanna do a basic firmware upgrade let alone open up a blu-ray/dvd player.