interesting on a high end BDP

coolsax
coolsax Posts: 1,826
edited January 2010 in Electronics
now I know that Audioholics is not looked upon very well here, but I thought this was a pretty interesting read...

http://audioholics.com/reviews/transports/high-definition-dvd-players-hd-dvd-blu-ray/lexicon-bd-30-blu-ray-oppo-clone
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited January 2010
    That sounds pretty insane...take on Oppo player shove it in a high end looking Lexicon case and charge more that 4 times for it?

    That makes sense to me?????

    What a weird thing to even bother to review when there are REAL high end players out there that do cost thousands of dollars and are probably better than the 'ol Oppo!

    I keep wanting to write Oppah and break a few dishes every time I even hear that name...break out the Ouzo and let's dance! Oppo, Oppah, Oppo, Oppah.....!!

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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited January 2010
    cnh wrote: »
    That sounds pretty insane...take on Oppo player shove it in a high end looking Lexicon case and charge more that 4 times for it?

    That makes sense to me?????

    +1 That is the same thing I was thinking. The Chinese would do the same thing, but charge 4 times less. ;)

    Seriously, to me, it's hard to believe anyone could have the money to sell a BR player, and not think someone would take a critical look at it.
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  • WilliamM2
    WilliamM2 Posts: 4,786
    edited January 2010
    cnh wrote: »
    What a weird thing to even bother to review when there are REAL high end players out there that do cost thousands of dollars and are probably better than the 'ol Oppo!

    I haven't seen too many high end BD players on the market yet. Which ones are better than the Oppo?
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited January 2010
    Marantz has a few high dollar BDP's and McIntosh should be releasing one soon.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited January 2010
    http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/ephox/StaticFiles/PUSA/Files/BDP-09FD.pdf $2200

    http://www.usa.denon.com/DVD-A1UDCI_Lit1222.pdf $4500

    http://us.marantz.com/UD9004_Spec_Sheet.pdf $5999

    MVP881BR Universal A/V Player
    The new MVP881BR Universal A/V Player from McIntosh is a high performance Blu-ray player with web-enabled features that excels at playing SACD and DVD Audio discs as well as standard CD’s and DVD’s.
    PRICE UNKNOWN!

    Not all Blu-rays are equal but the Denon and the Marantz are Universal beasts (as is the McIntosh in all probabilty) that make an Oppo, structurally, look like a toy.

    cnh
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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited January 2010
    WilliamM2 wrote: »
    I haven't seen too many high end BD players on the market yet. Which ones are better than the Oppo?

    For Picture and Hi-Rez sound not many are better than the BDP-83.
    Now for 2ch out of the analog outputs,thats another deal.
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