Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners So my dvd player caught fire...

Now I need a new one. I am waiting for the BDP-83 but in the interim I need a replacement. BluRay, or not? Price is less important than value so perhaps this very helpful group could start a discourse to point me in the right direction.

It’s sort of difficult to make any recommendations without knowing what features you want and what if anything you want to use it for after the Oppo comes out.

Either the Oppo DV-980H or DV-981HD are both great but they are about $170 and $230 respectively. If you just want something to tide you over then a Philips DVP5982/37 DVD Player could work but at that low price likely wont play SACD.

Sorry to hear about your player hope it didn’t damage anything else. Kind of curious how it caught fire?

It is srictly for movies as I have no hdcd or sacd. Quality of picture is the primary concern followed by multiple codecs.

Warrent, maybe this would suit you, upconversion is excellent and you get a record feature. Toshiba DR410 1080p Upconverting Tunerless DVD Recorder, $109 Amazon.

Me too, can't say I've ever heard of that issue before.

Oppo's are very good, they also have a Blu Ray player coming out soon.

Well I have no explanation beyond, my wife turned it on and it started to smoke. I will pull the cover off shortly to determine the source. Although a spiffy electronic piece fell out as I was carrying it to the garbage. Knowing very little about the black arts, I'm guessing it's cap.

Could it be that my wife is hot? ;-)

Could be, do you go up in smoke whenever she turns you on?

Ok, this is on sale at Costco for 319,99...Is it a good deal though?

This item may currently be in stock at your local Costco warehouse for immediate purchase at a cash and carry price.



The DVR-460H-K features a 160 GB hard disk to record up to 340 hours of your recorded shows. The convenience of the JPEG photo viewer, DivX® and MPEG playback on HDD/DVD/CD/USB allows you to enjoy hours of your most treasured memories on your HDTV, all up converted to 1080p. CD, MP3 and WMA music files can also be played directly from HDD/DVD/CD/USB. PC Connect lets you access your media files remotely from the comfort of your couch.



Features:

Built-in 160 GB HDD
HDMI up-conversion to 1080p
Playable formats: DVD, DVD±R/RW, CD‑R/RW, MP3, WMA, JPEG and DivX®
Dual layer DVD/DVD-R/DVD-RW/DVD+R/DVD+RW compatible
SVCD/VCD/CD/CD-R/CD-RW compatible
WMA (Windows Media Audio)/MP3 compressed music playback compatible
Front USB to PC to transfer DivX® video, JPEG pictures, and music files
Front USB to digital camera to transfer pictures
Front DV input for digital camcorder transfer
JPEG photo viewer
Music jukebox - allows you to play music from the HDD, DVD, CD or USB
Disc navigator for easy browsing of recorded shows, music and photos
Inputs:
3 x S-Video inputs
3 x composite inputs
1 x front DV input
2 x front USB inputs (1 type A, 1 type B)
Outputs:
1 x HDMI output
1 x component video output
1 x S-Video output
1 x coaxial digital output
1 x audio output
1 x video output
What’s Included:

Remote control
2 AA batteries
RF cable
A/V cable
User manual
Specifications:

Dimensions (W x D x H):
42 cm x 28.8 cm x 7.5 cm
(16.5 in. x 11.3 in. x 3 in.)
Weight: 4.3 kg (9.5 lb.)
Warranty:

1 year

Hmmm, it could be a little "premature" to answer that

I have an Oppo 982 and a Denon 2500 Blu-ray. The picture on both with a SD Dvd is very coparable. The picture and the audio on the Denon with a BD is much better. I am definitely a convert to Blu-ray.

Greg