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Gear / Technical Help => Playback Forum => Topic started by: BCostigan on January 14, 2006, 01:11:12 PM
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Well after about a year my 4960 gave up the ghost the other day. It fails to recognize any disks I give it....DVD, CD, CD-R, etc. The thing sounded so nice too.....makes my 3960 sound awful. I bought it knowing it was kind of a throw away but wish I would have gotten more than a year out of it. :-\
So what's the new latest greatest universal player? :P
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pioneer elite DV-45A
http://www.avperfection.com/Scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=32
or denon 2200 or 2900 (i have the 2900)
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Have you tried one of those lens cleaner disks? My 3960 was having trouble reading until I cleaned the lens.
I was looking through the Crutchfield catalog today and they have the 3980 for $49.99 and the 4980 for $99.99. They also have a Sony NS50P for $79.99. I can't tell you how any of them sound, but they are cheap. Denon is much higher quality and much more $$$.
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I think about 3-4 people here have the pioneer, Brian.
A couple reccomended it to me when I was looking.
Not bad price-wise either.
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I'm looking for a Denon 2910, myself.
I love the sound of my Harman-Kardon DVD-31, BUT no SACD, and it is a dog with burned DVD-As that requires some video to menu right and will output 5.1 digital on some 2.0 Stereo-only DVD-As unless a CD is played first.
The A/D and omps sounds pretty sweet and warm, however and the picture is A-1 when running DVD-V.
So, recapping, if you don't care about digout or SACD, and quirky isn't a major complaint, it's hard to find better. ;)
I sold the Tosh 4960 within five days of buying it.
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I am one of those owners of the pioneer elite dv-45a and love it...plays anything and everything I throw at it, and the vid picture is significantly better than the sony I used before...couldnt recommend it more
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Thanks for the help guys.
I'm looking at the pioneer elite dv-45a and the denon dvd-1920.
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Sure thing. :)
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I'll throw in my support for either the elite dv-45 or the denon.
I borrowed a dv45 for several weeks and it was awesome. I have a denon 2900 and it has been stellar. Never used either for video, just audio playback.
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buy something used that was out of your price range new.
:)
couldnt be happier w/my Toshiba SD9200.
$2k new
$450 used.
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You may also want to look at the Onkyo DV-CP802. A very nice, relatively low cost piece. Plays everything and has nice built in DACs.
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Oh yeah!
Thats right Goose..
Doug mods them too.
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I finally hooked my 4960 up that I ordered last summer, and the compnent video out does not work. ::)
Oh well, the S video works, and it sounds decent.
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I think mine is beginning to go too.... yesterday it wouldn't read a store-bought cd! :o
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sometimes, you get what you pay for.
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sometimes, you get what you pay for.
True enough!
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another satisified 45a user here.
peace, chris
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denon 2900, 5900 or whatever their new one is.
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denon 2900, 5900 or whatever their new one is.
This is what I want... don't have the scratch though. so I live with the 4960 and its crappy remote... :-\
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wish I would have held onto my 45a. Could have had a bidding war! Oh well someone here got a great deal! ;D
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