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All,

My local dealer reckons that the Naim DVD 5 has the best picture and sound in his shop, even better then Blue Ray. As I,m in the market for a top class DVD player I,m split between spending a small fortune on this SD player or splashing out on Hi Def.

Your thoughts and recomendations would be much appreciated.

Rest of system is Naim Pre-Power and a pair of Spendor S6e speakers

Contrary view.

I'm running a DVD5 via the Onkyo 875's scaler into an elderly Fuhitsu plasma, and have yet to see anything from Blu-ray Disc to tempt me into a major system upheaval.

Miind you, if Naim had got its backside in gear and launched its long-awaited scaler board for the DVD5, I wouldn't need the Onkyo scaling...

Andrew Everard:

Contrary view.

I'm running a DVD5 via the Onkyo 875's scaler into an elderly Fuhitsu plasma, and have yet to see anything from Blu-ray Disc to tempt me into a major system upheaval.

Miind you, if Naim had got its backside in gear and launched its long-awaited scaler board for the DVD5, I wouldn't need the Onkyo scaling...

Andrew Everard:

I'm running a DVD5 via the Onkyo 875's scaler into an elderly Fuhitsu plasma, and have yet to see anything from Blu-ray Disc to tempt me into a major system upheaval.

I'm really confused.. are we talking here about sound or picture.. If picture.. than.. wow.. that's a very strong view Andrew!  Better picture from upscaled DVD than even the cheapest BlueRay player? I've heard good things about Onkyo 875.. I've seen it in the shop.. but cmon guys.. it might be the best upscaler but it's far far from the BlueRay 1080p quality (unless you're watching some upscaled movies that were release on blueray!).

fr0g:

I personally still buy DVDs, as they are enough, and Blu-Ray media costs too much for me, sseing as most films I rarely watch more than once.

Try LoveFilm.. Just like you I usually watch films just once and LoveFilm blueray collection (500+ titles) works perfect for me. 12£ a month and 2 disk at a time.

Yes well similarly I haven't seen anything in the way of TVs to give me the compulsion to upgrade from the Fujitsu yet.

And I didn't say it was HD. Just that at the moment it's more than good enough for me.

madeinstein:

that's a very strong view Andrew!  Better picture from upscaled DVD than even the cheapest BlueRay player?

That's not at all what I said.

madeinstein:

fr0g:

I personally still buy DVDs, as they are enough, and Blu-Ray media costs too much for me, sseing as most films I rarely watch more than once.

Try LoveFilm.. Just like you I usually watch films just once and LoveFilm blueray collection (500+ titles) works perfect for me. 12£ a month and 2 disk at a time.

Andrew Everard:

madeinstein:

that's a very strong view Andrew!  Better picture from upscaled DVD than even the cheapest BlueRay player?

That's not at all what I said.

fr0g:

Its what the dealer said though, and your reply was vague enough to back that up... ;)

Do you ever stop being so confrontational?

I can't really be held responsible for what a dealer says, or indeed for the misinterpretation you choose to put on my response to your typically aggressive reply to the original post.

Sound is very important to me so does that push me down the DVD 5 route or is there a high def. player out there that would make my Roger Walters, Dave Gilmore music DVD concerts shine ? ( sorry about the music, mid life thing ! )

FloJoe:

Sound is very important to me so does that push me down the DVD 5 route or is there a high def. player out there that would make my Roger Walters, Dave Gilmore music DVD concerts shine ? ( sorry about the music, mid life thing ! )

With that in mind I would say the DVD5 is well worth serious consideration. It's an excellent CD player, too.

Andrew Everard:

fr0g:

Its what the dealer said though, and your reply was vague enough to back that up... ;)

Do you ever stop being so confrontational?

I can't really be held responsible for what a dealer says, or indeed for the misinterpretation you choose to put on my response to your typically aggressive reply to the original post.