Denon's new Blu-Ray player

There was a comparison in one of the home theater magazines a few months ago between the Sony PS3 as a blu-ray and 3 other models that were all over $1,000 dollars. The PS3 had was just as good as those and had a few extra features. Plus you get to kill aliens, nazis etc with it. You can't beat that.

As far as minor differences go I have both formats with a 65", 1080p, ISF calibrated TV. Trust me there are more than minor differences between the HI-Def formats and standard DVD.

I certainly don't think an SACD player has limited use. There are almost 5000 SACDs out there.

"It takes a much larger screen to take advantage of high definition. It's funny what people consider too expensive for certain improvements. Some people don't mind spending a whole lot for a power cord or interconnects but balk at paying for real differences."

Amen. Blu-ray is a HUGE improvement over standard DVD, if you have a large enough 1080p screen to appreciate it. In fact, I'm hard pressed to think of anything in audio that costs $600 (the price of a PS III) and makes even a fraction of as much of a difference. And mind you, I am a 2 channel guy and not really into HT. The problem I've had, however, is that the PS III seems to be very finicky as a Blu-Ray player. I've returned two so far out of frustration.

Newmanoc,

What happened with your PS3? I haven't had any problems yet. My only beef is that the PS3 remote is bluetooth so i can't program it into my remote control.

Justin

Justin:
The player would freeze far too often. Sony may have worked out the bugs - the two I had problems with were both purchased late last winter. At the time, I noticed I was not the only person returning them to Best Buy.

Chris