Thinking of upgrading my DVD player - any reccommendations?
 

I have a 3 year old Toshiba 2109. Its never given me any problems, but I recently purchased a Sony 36" XBR400, and I was wondering if I would benefit from having a DVD player that was "Progressive Scan" as opposed to my Tosh which is not? And if so, what the DVD-talkers thought of any progressive scan units out there? I wouldn't be getting rid of the Tosh - if anything, I'd put it in the bedroom or guest room. The movies I have watched look beautiful (and I have yet to tweak things up via my copy od DVD Essentials - thanks again to DVDTalk :)) but obviously if I can sqeeze any more efficiency and/or performance from my television by adding a new DVD player, I would be interested in doing so.

I purchased the new Sony DVP NS700P, which is progressive scan for my 36XBR400 as well.

Although I does have the chroma bug, I have not noticed it or stopped to look for it for that matter. It is arguable that I actually get any benefit from a progressive player on this TV but at ~$300 retail I think this is a hard player to beat.

Panasonic RP91. Great progressive scan player.

If your TV (and I'm 99% sure the 36XBR400 does) accepts a progressive image, you should strongly consider upgrading to a progressive scan DVD player.

Agreed. An excellent player.

OK, based on these responses, my next question is what exactly is this Chroma Bug problem that has been reported to (from what I gathered using the search option) plague Sony players? I remember when I was considering a Sony over my Tosh that lip-synching was a possible issue for a few Sonys and the Tosh had none - hence my decision to go with the Tosh. Is this a similar issue? Nothing against the Panasonic player, I just happen to be a bit more partial to Sonys (assuming I don't hear any negative things concerning the component I am looking to purchase). I'm out the door from work here, so I plan on looking around online when I get home regarding the Chroma Bug issue - unless someone can shine the light for me here?

Thanks all for your input :)

This is a rather long link to a test for various players.

http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/volume_7_4/dvd-benchmark-part-5-progressive-10-2000.html

There is an explanation of the chroma bug in here. It is a bug that is confined to a chipset not a player specifically.

Good luck.

Re: Thinking of upgrading my DVD player - any reccommendations?
 

Wow ... what a coincidence. I too replaced my almost 3 year old 2109 with a Progressive Scan player.

I chose the Malata N996 player from avdeals and the improvement in image quality is astounding on my Toshiba 40H80 - especially with good transfers. I can wholeheartedly recommend this player as a replacement for your 2109 (and it's region-free to boot !!)

Make sure you read the Secrets' Shootout results and the accompanying articles/explanations.