Iniciado por Robert George
I have briefly looked at about a half dozen SD DVDs of varying quality so far. I will note that I am using a 1080p display with the XA2 upconverting SD DVD to 1080p output and viewing on a 106" diagonal screen. Based on that...
I rate the XA2 to be the best performing DVD player I have used. That includes the Denon DVD-3910 and the Pioneer Elite DV-59AVi, as well as the HD-A1 and A2. Of course, I will defer to Kris Deering and Stacey Spears for more technical testing of this player's real performace on 480i DVD, but to my eye, the XA2 is a better DVD player at $999 than either of the equally or more expensive dedicated DVD players I previously mentioned.
SD DVD will never be HD DVD, but we will be living with 480i for some time to come. The basic video performance, as well as the upconversion capability of the XA2 will make watching SD DVD easier now that it looks so poor by comparison to both HD DVD and Blu-ray.