Holly, I have a 2910 in my HT setup right now. I purchased it primarily for its HDMI output. It does upconversion to 720p which is the native resolution on my JVC LCoS TV. I did not want to spend much on a player at this time. I prefer to save the funds and place them either, into my two channel or wait until HD-DVD or Blueray becomes available.
The 2910's picture quality is very good in both progressive 480p and the 720P outputs. I think it has 5 options for video output. Both 480i and 480p via the Component outputs and 480p, 720p, and 1080i via the HDMI outputs. Its very nice to have a selection and again, the picture quality is very good considering this players very modest price. It easily bests my previous Sony NS900v.
SACD sound is quite good. Again better than the previous Sony. A well recorded SACD sounds substantially better than its redbook counterpart. Leading me to conclude that the Redbook playback portion of this DVD player isnt all that. In fact, I much prefer using the DACs in my Processor for Redbook playback. Its Redbook is comparable to the Sony but far less palpable than a Jolida JD100 and it gets really beat up by a RA CD55. As it should at it price point.
I do not have any DVD-A's to date so I cannot comment much on this format. In fact in my area there arent many, if any, DVD-A's available, and so far, I have placed all my proverbial "eggs" in the SACD hand basket.
The 2910's picture quality is very good in both progressive 480p and the 720P outputs. I think it has 5 options for video output. Both 480i and 480p via the Component outputs and 480p, 720p, and 1080i via the HDMI outputs. Its very nice to have a selection and again, the picture quality is very good considering this players very modest price. It easily bests my previous Sony NS900v.
SACD sound is quite good. Again better than the previous Sony. A well recorded SACD sounds substantially better than its redbook counterpart. Leading me to conclude that the Redbook playback portion of this DVD player isnt all that. In fact, I much prefer using the DACs in my Processor for Redbook playback. Its Redbook is comparable to the Sony but far less palpable than a Jolida JD100 and it gets really beat up by a RA CD55. As it should at it price point.
I do not have any DVD-A's to date so I cannot comment much on this format. In fact in my area there arent many, if any, DVD-A's available, and so far, I have placed all my proverbial "eggs" in the SACD hand basket.