New DVD Player

[Robbie]

Ok Folks

I'm looking to upgrade my almost flawless JVC DVD player with a progressive scan one. The prices have come down just to much and want to actually use my DTV.

I was thinking of the usual suspects Toshiba, Panasonic, and Sony. When I was doing some research and went to AudioReview.com. While I normally take these reviews with a grain of salt, I saw that the Onkyo had the highest rating of all of em. I had never even thought of Onkyo, don't know why, just didn't. However the Onkyo though it had the best ratings had <20 reviews.

My question is this, has anyone on this forum had any experience with Onkyo DVD players. If I don't feel comfortable with it I'll go with the Tosh. It's dificult to get to a store to demo (and many demos are worthless) where I'm at so I want to go with my ducks in a row.

Also does anyone have anything to add which might sway my decision to one brand or another.

Robbie

[SiliGoose]

Not sure if this helps but I'm pretty sure Onkyo DVD players are basically re-badged Panasonics. I'm sure there are some differences (especially on their higher end models).




-Sili

[Robbie]

Thanks Sili

Guess that kinda answers a question I had. But how can you tell? Is there something a person could quickly use which would identify this as a Panny rebadge/recase? Guess I just have to get out there and compare to see what differences there are.

Robbie

[SiliGoose]

I can usually tell by comparing the back panel. They're bound to be very similar.
There's nothing wrong with Panasonic DVD players -so don't take it as a bad thing that Onkyos are based on them. I'd just suggest that unless you're buying a flagship model player there's not much reason to pay more for the Onkyo over a Panasonic.




-Sili

[Kevin P]

The Onkyos I've seen/played with (a couple of years ago) were actually rebadged Toshibas, not Panasonics. I don't know if this has changed recently. I noticed the GUI on my sister's Onkyo was nearly identical to the GUI on Toshiba players at the time.

KJP




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[Robbie]

Kevin,

I don't think they would change OEMs. Actually there are few OEMs, Tosh, Panny and Sony I think most others are rebaged, even the high end folks usually use the heart and add their own audio/video electronics. The Onkyo is priced comparable with the Tosh and I like the looks better. Just need to make the trek to the BIG city to check em out.

Robbie

[Brandon B]

They probably didn't change OEMs, they just multisource. They also offer a rebadged Pioneer F727 300 disc unit.

BB