01-25-2008, 10:39 PM
do your research. Not all DVD players are equal. They use mpeg-2 hardware decoders, and there are some really cheap and crappy quality mpeg-2 chips out there. How good can the chip be if the whole DVD player retails for $50? My 8 year old Pioneer 5 disk DVD changer has a markedly better picture with a 10 year old magnavox CRT TV than a friend gets from his new Toshiba DVD player and new Apex TV. The Toshiba/Apex pair shows pixelation on scene changes and image jumps when the screen shows the key frames.