Consumer Reports: High Marks for HDTV DVD Players
The magazine rates nine different high-def disc players.
By Swanni
According to Consumer Reports magazine, it's the Pioneer BDP-94HD Blu-ray player and the Toshiba HD-XA2 HD DVD player.
In the December issue, the publication rates nine different High-Definition DVD players, giving top scores of 91 to the Pioneer and Toshiba players.
Consumer Reports says both players offer an "excellent" HD picture and an "excellent" picture when upconverting standard-def DVD movies.
The Pioneer player retails for $1,000 while the Toshiba's suggested price is $660, but both players can be found for considerably less online and at retail.
Consumer Reports gives all nine Blu-ray and HD DVD players in the survey an "excellent" HD picture rating and an "excellent" rating for upconverting standard-def movies, except for the LG dual-format player which gets a "good" rating for upconverting.
Panasonic's DMP-BD10 was ranked second overall in the survey with a score of 89 while its DMP-BD10A was third with a score of 87.
Sony's two Blu-ray players (BDP--S1 and BD-S300) tied for fourth/fifth with a score of 84.
LG's dual-format player, the BH100, was sixth with a score of 80 while Toshiba's HD-A2 was seventh with a 77 and Toshiba's HD-A20 was last with a 74.
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