Which side of the fence does Rotel sit on?

[unclemick]

Hi, I'm a new potential rotel customer...currently eyeballing the upcoming rsx-1058. Was wondering... with regard to the DVD format war, which side of the fence does Rotel sit on? Blu-ray? HD-DVD? Uncommitted? I realize that I'll probably have to wait light years for a Rotel Blu-ray, but would love to know if they've committed in any way to a format.

Great forum, I'm learning a lot about Rotel

M.

[hifiguymi]

They haven't committed to either one. Smaller companies like Rotel will probably sit on the sidelines for a little while. The last thing someone like Rotel wants to do is make a product that no one would want to purchase in six months because it's too expensive or the wrong format. You'll have to live with a non Rotel player for a while if you want an HD disc player.

Eric

[Kevin D]

If it were as easy as making it, they would have a combo player in 6 months. It's the big fat check they have to send to HD-DVD or Blu-ray that's preventing it.

You either have to be a large company and sell millions or a small company that's expected to have really expensive products. I'm sure a $2000 Blu-ray player from Rotel would not be a hit.

Kevin D.

[Woo Wooooo]

I'd pay 1999.00 :lol:

[Nolan B]

I'd pay 1999.00 :lol:

me too!

[mattburk]

they will probably do hd or blue ray around the same time they do sacd

[unclemick]

Okay....i'm official...

I said I was a potential Rotel customer...I'm now an official Rotel owner. I bought my RSX 1057 this weekend. Now the dilemma, should I get a less expensive Rotel DVD or a Blu-ray?.. Still thinking it through... any thoughts would be appreciated.

[Nolan B]

I said I was a potential Rotel customer...I'm now an official Rotel owner. I bought my RSX 1057 this weekend. Now the dilemma, should I get a less expensive Rotel DVD or a Blu-ray?.. Still thinking it through... any thoughts would be appreciated.

Here is my opinion. If you can afford it support both formats. Get a PS3 for Blue Ray and a XA2 for HD DVD and DVD playback. If you can only support 1 format I would choose the one which has the best movies available and has players which do the best job playing regular DVDs. In my opinion that would be HD DVD.

[nash]

Either the Samsung BD-P1200 or Toshiba HD-XA2 produce great pictures on standard DVD since they both use the same chipset for upconverting. You can't go wrong with either one - I own both and love being format neutral

I personally do not recommend to anyone to buy any "regular" DVD player over $200. For about $500 you can get the best upconverting players in the form of the high definition players above, even if you never put a BD or HD DVD disc in the player.

[gianni]

I said I was a potential Rotel customer...I'm now an official Rotel owner. I bought my RSX 1057 this weekend. Now the dilemma, should I get a less expensive Rotel DVD or a Blu-ray?.. Still thinking it through... any thoughts would be appreciated.

Forget today's HD players, they still need lot's of improvement before I bite, not to mention the format war still is unpredictable as to a winner.

Get yourself a real DVD player like a Denon 1930 or 2930. This will be useful for years to come, makes a better audio player and is much more user friendly.

[unclemick]

Well, my dvd collection is only about 30 movies... and I'm getting the feeling that buying an expensive (1k+) non-HD DVD player may be wasteful. I've been eyeing some good deals on the 1st gen sony blu-rays or even a ps3. The 2nd gen sony blu-ray look compelling and would also scale my SD DVDs. The pricepoint looks great too. A PS3 is probably not the best solution, but pretty versatile as a media device in the interim... Since I really don't want to spend more than 1k on the device, I think that'll be the way I go. Even if Rotel had a blu-ray or hd-dvd player... it'd probably be too expensive for me for a few years.

[Alaric]

I have to wonder-is the equipment of the average consumer going to be a deal-breaker in the format war? My RPTV handles 1080i quite well , and given the price leap , I'm not likely to even care what happens between HDDVD and BluRay. By the time I can afford (if ever) the "hi-res" option , my Sony upconverting DVD player will still give my 45 year old eyes a satisfying picture.

[unclemick]

Ok, got a great deal on a ps3 this weekend, used for $325. Should tie me over for a bit!