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Michael, I've been reading a lot of reviews on the Panny 30 and watching for a good deal. It appears to have a load time much faster than its Sony Bluray buddies as well. I just wish I could find it cheaper. I wonder if it would work with my Sanyo Z2, unlike the A2 HDDVD which would not.

Yeah, the PS3 is the loudest thing I have, too, (besides the speakers, of course), and even though everyone badmouths the Xbox 360's fan noise, I find the PS3's more intrusive.

It's hard telling if it will work with the Z2, seeing how it’s DVI and DVI has known compatibility issues with many new HD devices. You might want to ask at AVS. There is an "official" thread for this machine on the BR player forum. I suspect with the amount of posts to this thread that someone will be able to tell you.

One thing to consider if you do buy this machine is it WILL NOT decode the new formats and output as analogue. It is limited to Bitstream output via HDMI only. So unless you have an audio processor that processes the bitstream formats via HDMI 1.3, you will be disappointed.

I bought mine from Value Electronics for $425. It really has been an excellent player so far. I’ve not had ONE quirk or problem and have played over twenty BR movies through it. I also know that it has the hardware on board to enable it to be upgraded to profile 1.2. Not so sure about 2.0, but 2.0 don’t add anything I’m interested in….

Hey, I thought that you were going to use that "limitation" of your Z2 to upgrade to a new Z2000 or something?

I don't have a PS3, but our XBox 360 sounds like a small jet engine and runs very hot - I've been told this is normal !?

Scott

MY 360 is by far the loudest piece of electronics I own. The back of it feels like a hair dryer.

My Wii is nice and quiet... Oh, wait, it can't even play DVD movies (yet) let alone HD content....

Seriously though, both are loud machines, that is part of cramming so much high-performance hardware into a box... It runs hot, VERY hot... I almost got an XBox 360, but my plans were to put the whole thing in the closet behind my home theater equipment rack (the wireless controllers worked through the wall)... Then just use an external drive.... Oh wait... I'm off topic again....

Sorry.

Hey, I also want to say for the 10,000th time that any of my comments are not aimed directly at anyone here, or Blu-Ray users, just a frustration with Sony, and big-business in general.

I almost considered getting a PS3. But I already have 360 and Wii so I knew i wouldn't use the gaming side of PS3 much. Since it doesn't decode as many as Samsung 1400, I went with that.





I agree 100%. For casual non tech-savvy users, Bluray is absolutely not ready.




*IF* you play games. And that's a *BIG* if for a lot of people. Especially when you consider that most new games are $55USD or more.

Toshiba “Firmly Committed” to HD DVD Despite Warner Move
Press conference at CES reveals "disappointed" company after Warner switch.

http://www.cepro.com/article/toshiba_firmly_committed_to_hd_dvd_despite_warner_move/

I just thought I'd jump in to add my 2 cents. Without going into too much detail and rambling on about how much I detest Blu Ray, I hope the HD DVD camp has something up their sleeve (can you tell yet that I'm an HD DVD supporter?).

One major reason is this...the spec for HD DVD is finalized and has been since its release. Blu Ray on the other hand is still changing. Any players that were manufactured prior to the new Blu Ray spec (including the newer dual format players) can't play some of the newer Blu Ray discs. I don't know about you guys, but if I buy a player then I expect to be able to play all discs that claim to be the format of my player.