What DVD player are you using with your system

[Jon SS]

I have a C2 and A51, which I love! My current dvd player (Pioneer Elite DV-05) just died after 5 1/2 years and I am now looking for another player. What do you guys use with your system? Do you also use it as a CD player, if so how good is it?

I am not sure how much I want to spend yet with all the new technology coming up, but wanted something decent and worthy of the C2!

Thanks guys.

[Peter Nielsen]

Still using my old Sony DVP-S7700.

Waiting for a HALO DVD player that hopefully will be released later this year...

Peter

[Chetk]

Jon,

Buy something cheap or open a new account at a bank to get one free. :lol:

Blu-Ray is coming out sooner than you know it and you won't care about DVDs any more. Save the money for an HD disc player. You won't regret it.

[Kingdaddy]

I'm thinking about the HD/BR-DVD player as well, but I might have to hold out for a HD Changer. Once I went to a DVD Changer I dont think I could ever go back to a single disc player again. anyway, I would look at the CX777ES Changer from Sony, a bit slow on the layer change but the other features make it a one of a kind, and it will change the way you watch movies for the better.

[Jon SS]

I have been thinking about the Denon 2910 and using the digital out to my C2 to play CDs.

[nicholtl]

Currently using a Denon 3800 (main player), Pioneer Elite 59AVi (even though it upscales, it's not as good as the Denon), and a JVC modded to play all regions.

[Swfalcon]

I m using a pioneer 747 (european version of ELITE 47 a ) the first universal dvd player with sacd and dvd audio ...
I think I 'll buy the new denon A1XV or the onkyo DVS 1000 in few month :P

[Brian]

I'm using a Denon 3910 (in silver to match the Halo stuff).

[Hirogen]

I'm using the Pioneer 868 AVI-s for DVD's and SACD's and a Shengya CD-10CS tube cd player for my normal CD's and HDCD's. I am also still waiting, like many others folks, for the Halo DVD player. :-\

Hell, I would even be extremely happy at this stage if Parasound would announce a dedicated Halo CD player!

[ralniv]

HTPC here. Running Zoom Player Professional with the latest Dscaler MPEG codec and FFDShow for image processing (scaling). There are alternatives to Zoom that are free, such as Media Player Classic, Media Portal (Windows MCE knock-off), and others.

[FrankG]

I am using a C2 for proc
A21 for the frontchannels
A52 for te center and backs

Denon A11 dvd player and also a HTPC or the more differend filetypes

[Chris D]

Nice pic, Frank! That's quite the perspective shot, too, making your equipment stack look like a skyscraper.

[mtodde]

Denon DVD-2900

[bhuskins]

Denon DVD-5900, Denon DVD-5910, Cary Audio DVD6, Cary Audio CD-303/300, Musical Fidelity A5, Musical Fidelity Trivista SACD, Sony ES 400 Disc DVD with Escient DVDM-100 are a few of the pieces that I have setting around on my C1 and C2...sorry...I had to brag. I'm thinking about getting my 5900 mod’ed for audio. And yes whenever Parasound Halo puts out a DVD I'll add it to the list. I'll also be adding Blue Ray of course.

Brent Huskins

[Brian]

Brent,
How's the Cary DVD6 compare to the Denon's? Also, have you had the Cary Cinema 6 in your showroom? We haven't had the cinema 6 in but I'm curious how it compares to the Halo.

[cameronl]

i'm using an HTPC

hi there, i was using an Arcam DV88+ with the Sil503 upgrade board with fine results. I now use an HTPC with Radeon 9800 & RME 9632 sound card which i find far better....the Arcam is now gathering dust

CaM

[nicholtl]

Denon DVD-5900, Denon DVD-5910, Cary Audio DVD6, Cary Audio CD-303/300, Musical Fidelity A5, Musical Fidelity Trivista SACD, Sony ES 400 Disc DVD with Escient DVDM-100 are a few of the pieces that I have setting around on my C1 and C2...sorry...I had to brag. I'm thinking about getting my 5900 mod’ed for audio. And yes whenever Parasound Halo puts out a DVD I'll add it to the list. I'll also be adding Blue Ray of course.

Brent Huskins

Geez Brent, that's it? :P

[bhuskins]

Nope...

Brent Huskins

[bhuskins]

Brent,
How's the Cary DVD6 compare to the Denon's? Also, have you had the Cary Cinema 6 in your showroom? We haven't had the cinema 6 in but I'm curious how it compares to the Halo.

The Cary's audio smokes the Denon.

I can't wait for their new universal players to come out.

The Cinema 6 is a great piece for $2500 retail. With their 7 channel amp you can get a retail package for $5,000. It can easily street for $4K. Blows away all the receivers out there. The advantage the new Classic from Parasound has is THX.

Brent Huskins

[Actiman]

I'm considering getting a TEAC Esoteric DV-50S (or waiting some more for the Halo DVD player). Does anyone have experience with this multi-player?
The silver finish of the DV-50S seems to match a C2 nicely....

(BTW, I'm new around here. Hi everybody...!)

[Kingdaddy]

Hey Brent, have you checked into a SDI digital out mod, if so or if you have any experience I was wondering what you thought about it. I am wanting some way to make my DVD's look a bit, ok, a lot better, but a SDI mod with a DVDO I scan HD and SDI in would be nearly 2K, don’t know if that’s worth it. I don’t plan on doing much until some HD/BR DVD's hit the market, but I still will want to do something with my old SD DVD collection, after all I have nearly $4500 sunk into that.


Actiman, welcom to club Halo, what Halo equipment do you own?

[Actiman]

Hi Kingdaddy,

I am the happy owner of a C2 controller and A51 amp! I've just recently started building up my set. I want to start with a proper 2-channel setup and am currently waiting for a pair of Totem Wind speakers to arrive. Only later, I will expand my setup for multi-channel.
As the Canadians seem to be taking their time with the Totems ( :lol: ), I'm looking ahead for the next upgrade: a nice CD player or a good multi-player. I'm considering the TEAC unit. Let me know what you think!

Bye,
Actiman

[Kingdaddy]

Hi Kingdaddy,

I am the happy owner of a C2 controller and A51 amp! I've just recently started building up my set. I want to start with a proper 2-channel setup and am currently waiting for a pair of Totem Wind speakers to arrive. Only later, I will expand my setup for multi-channel.
As the Canadians seem to be taking their time with the Totems ( :lol: ), I'm looking ahead for the next upgrade: a nice CD player or a good multi-player. I'm considering the TEAC unit. Let me know what you think!

Bye,
Actiman

Looks like your going to have a killer setup, I found this little blurb on the internet about the Totem's, thought you might find this interesting.

"It is said that only a few pairs can be made every month,
due to the multi-facetted design of the baffle"

Here is the site where that came from.

http://www.hifi.com.sg/about/event_ss2004-02.htm

The Teac should be a good choice as well. I'm a fan of multi disc changers myself, they will change the way you listen to music, and how much you listen.


Good luck and once again welcom to the club.

[hidefdvd]

Just picked up a Denon 2900 to replace my LG7832. PQ is outstanding on the Denon, more realistic than the LG even though it upconverts.

[Chris D]

Hi, actiman! A Welcoming Banana for you :banana:

[Rags]

Arcam DV79 here !

[Actiman]

Thanks for the banana Chris... :T

BTW, yesterday the weather was so nice I bought myself a DV-50S :B

arty:

[Chetk]

Thanks for the banana Chris... :T

BTW, yesterday the weather was so nice I bought myself a DV-50S :B

arty:

I wish this was the way it worked at my house. "Honey, the weather is nice outside. I'm going to go buy some more home theater gear!" :T Awesome!

[Chris D]

Hmmmm.... shouldn't it be the other way around? You're confined to the house with bad weather, so you buy new toys to make it worthwhile?

[nicholtl]

Different strokes for different folks.

[Actiman]

Well, it has to be nice weather to go out, buy it and haul it back into the house. Don't want to do that while it is pouring....

I hope it will be snowing next week...."Honey, I'll have to play music and watch movies all day, so the amps will help keep the house warm. Maybe we'll need a couple more class-A amps. Can you please go out, clear the driveway and buy us some JC-1s..??!? Thanks dear!":lol:

[FrankG]

Well, it has to be nice weather to go out, buy it and haul it back into the house. Don't want to do that while it is pouring....

I hope it will be snowing next week...."Honey, I'll have to play music and watch movies all day, so the amps will help keep the house warm. Maybe we'll need a couple more class-A amps. Can you please go out, clear the driveway and buy us some JC-1s..??!? Thanks dear!":lol:

You are the best
One for the bedroom an one for the livingroom

[Chris D]

To answer the question, I just got myself a Denon DVD-3910 also.

Brian, we should share setup knowledge. There's a few vague things in the manual that I'm scratching my head on with the 3910 in my Halo setup.

i.e. the 3910 speaker settings. Do they apply only for the 7.1 outputs? Since my Halo C1 is already set up for all speaker settings, I don't know which, if any, of these I need to do. At first, I couldn't get ANY subwoofer signal with DVD-A/SACD, but tried changing the audio to "Source Direct", and it gave me subwoofer very quietly. So I went into the Denon speaker setups and boosted the sub by 10db. It sounds okay now, but I wonder if I have it correctly calibrated.

[Brian]

I haven't listened to a SACD or DVDA in months and rarely do so I gave up on worrying about the settings.
What I recall is the settings in the 3910's menu are for the external inputs only (SACD, DVD Audio)
I've noticed the sub output is lower than normal when using the Denon's settings. I've boosted the sub to max and brought down all the other settings to get closer to normal settings in the denon's menu.
I'll have to take another look at it.
I got new speakers a few months ago and just finished an IB sub a few weeks ago so I've been changing settings like mad trying to find the best.

[jhell]

As far as I remember (I would have to look it up in the manual) the 7.1 Input of the C2 does not use the delay-settings, but does use the individual (per-speaker) volume-setting. So in my Denon DVD A11 (which is the European name for the 5900) the volume-settings are all Zero, the Sub is boosted +10. The delay-settings are copied of the C2.
Maybe this might help. Jan
PS: Gonna go outside to enjoy the weather. Will not buy new gear though!

[jhell]

Should have looked first... After taking a look in the manual (page 41 in the PDF) I´m no that sure anymore... Does it even use the volume-settings??

could someone please help me? Have I been wrong all the time? Thanks I dopn´t listen to too many SACDs...

[jprafter]

You guys with the Denon DVD-3910, are you at the current firmware ESS-6609-9? I'm curious if your unit came with it or did you or the dealer do the upgrade?

[RandyL999]

Took delivery of my 3910s in late February. It didn't come with ESS-6609-9. Just ordered it last week.

Randy

PS... have no idea how to do the upgrade when it arrives... but it's on it's way! :lol:

[Chris D]

I just got mine brand new, and it needs the upgrade too. Just got it from the Denon website a few days ago. I haven't installed it yet, but it comes with instructions listed about how to do it.

[jprafter]

For Randy, you can go to this site...

http://www.usa.denon.com/support/upgrades.asp

You'll need the model and the serial number.

I looked at the instructions, it looks a little messy. I was hoping that someone here had already been through it.

[MarkStega]

I've updated my 3910 twice now (-6 & -8, not enough differences noted to make me want to do -9).

Just print the instructions and follow them step by step and it is a piece of cake.

If you downloaded the patch, just make certain that you put it on a DVD-R in ISO mode and close the session. (I use Roxio Drag-To-Disc, and the setting is under 'Advanced Eject Settings')

[jprafter]

Thanks, I'm glad to hear that!

[Chris D]

I just did the -9 update, trying to fix my pluge problem. The unit came with the -5 version. The -9 didn't fix the pluge (it still doesnt' pass blacker-than-black) and now my component outputs send only a 4:3 signal. Grrr...

I started another thread in the Primetime A/V part of the Guide about my 3910 problems. I'm hoping people with 3910 experience can help. Here's the post:

http://www.htguide.com/forum/showthread.php4?p=163538#post163538

Mark (or somebody else) If you have the -6 and -8 software updates, could you send them to me via E-mail? Check out my personal profile for the info.

[bhuskins]

Ouch...sounds like you need to get with your dealer...

Brent Huskins
Media Design

[Chris D]

Yeah, searching around the web, it looks like pluge (blacker-than-black) not being displayed is a common problem with all units made after August 2004. Denon's working on a fix, apparently.