nmt + oppo = WINNER!!!
ok yan sir stick!
+1! I've tried most of the items in the shoot out; have a diff BD player though - Sharp Aquos (which was rated high in Amazon and great price to boot).
Pio AV600 I bought one, tried it and re-sold after a couple of days. The upscaling (matched with my earlier Pixel Plus Philips panel) just had so many artifacts and 'purple fringing' on the edges.
I thus switched to
Oppo and was initially blown away given the marked difference vs. the pixelized pio. It's a good thing Mark qualified the edging out of the Oppo by the Pio given that it was routed through a vid processor. Otherwise, I concur with Mark that the Oppo should be able to beat the Pio (Esi and I have been Oppo fans since we purchased our units - gulat nga kami initially sa results nung shootout
). I even rated Oppo last place would you believe!
NMT - the 'find' of the century (okay I'm exaggerating), but the consensus was just mind-boggling - it must've done something right. Like you mentioned bro stick, the staggering price diff makes the NMT (be it PCH or EG) superb alterntives to HD viewing! Highly recommended - grab one now (if there's still stock
)
The
PS3, a must have if you really want to go BD discs. Even if you do decide to build your HD collection via mkv's, then the PS3 can still function as your gaming console - very flexible. It upscales but per the reviews in other forums, I don't think it's that 'solid' compared to other DVD upscalers. Still I love this unit, sold my initial PS3 to fund some other item, but re-purchased one again for my other HT. Superb machine!
Good luck bro!
PS: Just to share my results - the NMT edged out the BD player - enuf for me to grab an EG.
scores mo:
Popcorn - 3.25
BD30 - 2.25
Pio - 1.83
Oppo - 1.67
Audio: all correct except sample 5