108 MHz 12-bit DAC vs. 54 MHz 12-bit DAC on Sony players

[mope]

Hello everyone,

I've searched the forums, google, and asked some circuit city guys (haha), but wasn't able to find an answer to my Q.

I am interested in the DVP-NC665P and the DVP-NC675P players.

The 665 is the older model with precision drive 2 and 12bit DAC w/ 108 MHz processing w/NSV.

The newer 675 has precision drive 3 with 12bit, 54 MHZ DAC.

Did Sony downgrade the newer model and how much difference is there between 108 and 54 in terms of noticeable quality? I don't know what the NSV stands for nor can I find a description of the difference bewtween precision drive 2 and 3. Any help is greatly appreciated before I go out and buy one--thanks.

[flaninacupboard]

I don't think you need worry about it much, even a 54mhz chip is overkill.

When you're talking about players in the $100 market they're built to a price and things like "Precision Drive THREEEE!" just get thrown in to sound good.

Both will give a good picture hooked up to a normal TV and a nice picture hooked up to low end HD equipment.

[Hardcoreruss]

I don't think you need worry about it much, even a 54mhz chip is overkill.

When you're talking about players in the $100 market they're built to a price and things like "Precision Drive THREEEE!" just get thrown in to sound good.

Both will give a good picture hooked up to a normal TV and a nice picture hooked up to low end HD equipment.

Could not of been explained better, at the price go for either, what are you hooking them up to?

[mope]

I don't think you need worry about it much, even a 54mhz chip is overkill.

When you're talking about players in the $100 market they're built to a price and things like "Precision Drive THREEEE!" just get thrown in to sound good.

Both will give a good picture hooked up to a normal TV and a nice picture hooked up to low end HD equipment.

Could not of been explained better, at the price go for either, what are you hooking them up to?

Thanks for your responses. I'm not hooking it up to anything special--a nice mid-level yamaha receiver and a decent Sony triniton. I just needed something quick because my older sony DVD player took a dump yesterday. I was mainly interested in why Sony downgraded the chip and whether I should just go with last year's model for a few extra bucks.

[Tankabbot]

What is the difference between the two MHZ? Forgive the ignorance here, but I would assume double the mhz would be better.

Please correct me if I am wrong.

[flaninacupboard]

Well if it can be decoded on a chip running at 54mhz, then 108mhz is overkill. the extra power is just used for picture "enhancing" features which are better left alone.