Thanks for the advise, guys - picked up the 50" Panny for $1699.00 + tax, along with a Pioneer DV410 upconverting DVD player.
I'm very happy with video output on the Pioneer, but there is a problem. When connecting to the TV via HDMI, the player seems to downmix the SPDIF output to 2 channel only. No matter what settings I use, the receiver will only decode Dolby ProL2. I even tried the optical out from the TV instead of the coax off the player. Same issue. Is this common?
I have to use SPDIF as my Yamaha receiver doesn't have HDMI.
Future Shop has a Panasonic UC DVD player for about the same money that I could try as well. I went with the Pioneer because it had full controls on the front, and supposedly better picture. (According to the salesman)
Any thoughts?
