Re: No more Denon for me!
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Joined: Aug 2005
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"I'm buying the Sony megachanger ASAP."
Good luck with that. I bought one a couple months ago, and spent many about thre hours loading 400 discs in the carousel. I let it catalogue the discs overnight. The next day I watched bits and pieces of a few movies, and then decided to see how quickly it would switch from disc 1 to disc 400. The darned thing started bouncing back and forth from something like disc 23 to 397 and wouldn't stop. I unpluged it and tried again; same thing. It took me about 7 hours of timing the carousel bounces and unplugging the unit to retrieve all my discs. Even after the thing was empty, it continued the bouncy game. Oh, and the HDMI output would only work at 480p resolutions...nothing higher.
For what it's worth, this was manufactured in China as well.
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Re: No more Denon for me!
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It's also extremely deep - another reason I haven't bought one yet.
My Sony 300 disc CD changer has been solid - with tons of features and a ridiculously low price tag.
Maybe I'll opt for just a cheap single disc prog scan player instead.
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Re: No more Denon for me!
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Was just checking out that 400 sony changer today. Sorry to hear it suxs.
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Re: No more Denon for me!
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Joined: Jan 2005
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We purchased a 400 disc Sony 'bout a year ago and are having no problems with it(other than it "forgets" the titles it plays from 1-99, only) Besides that; it's Great!! Has a good picture and even better sound.
They may have made some changes since we bought ours.
Oh, and by the way.....ours was made in Malaysia!!!
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Re: No more Denon for me!
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It would be awesome to have, IMO. All your DVDs, including the bonus discs, available instantly. More space for an overflowing CD collection. Decent price relative to similar products.
I would have bought it already, but for the size issue. It would have to go on top of my current AV rack.
And if it is, in fact, made in China...
OTOH, if you have the space, go for it.
Too bad Costco doesn't sell them. I had a Sony DVD camcorder for 8 mos before the lens cover motor gave out. Took it back to Costco w/out a receipt and got a full refund. Just bought the same unit last week at a $50 discount. Gotta love Costco.
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Re: No more Denon for me!
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I think my 300 disc player was made in Malaysia, too.
Ironically, I wrote a 25 page paper as an undergrad on Malaysia for a politics of the pacific rim class.
Had to have retained something from that, wouldn't you think?
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Re: No more Denon for me!
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While I certainly can't comment on your understanding of Malaysian politics, I sure can't disagree with much of anything else you've written about on this thread.
Mostly I'd nodded agreement with the majority of your points!
....to the point of hollerin' "Right On" at one instance!!
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Re: No more Denon for me!
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Joined: Apr 2004
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I purchased a Pioneer Elite DV-79AVi and absolutely love it. Outstanding player, outstanding build, outstanding performance, I have zero complaints. I'm also running a Sony ES DVP-NS3100ES along side with it, another excellent player. It helps with my laziness so I don't have to get up and swap out movies as often.
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Re: No more Denon for me!
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Joined: Nov 2004
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What you said is fine and I guess you were going for comedy, I have been a bit sensitive about the issue lately. Just a trite complaint about a faulty dvd player in the same breath as the people suffering in China got to me. Like who gives an f about some dvd player in that context.
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Re: No more Denon for me!
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Too true. My sympathies certainly lie with the slave laborers - regardless of their skill (or lack thereof). That much cannot be said for the elites of their country, however.
Modern China is an abomination to mankind.
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