DVD Player dying, what to get?

[Jack Hammer]

I've got a Pioneer dv578a that is starting to act weird, screen goes out, won't read discs. I tried cleaning it, didn't help. So the question is, should I buy a Denon 2910 refurbished for around $400 or a bluray/hd player for a couple hundred more, or try to pick up something like what I have now and hold out a little longer? ( I've been wanting to upgrade for over a year, but wanted to wait til the new players got settled in).

Recommendations?

Thanks

Jack

 

[scenaria]

how about an oppo? it would do pretty well for holding ya over while the blue ray and HD dvd players make their appearance. I really am not a fan of buying new technology. I have been reading about alot of bug issues on the Toshiba HD players.

 

[mytzen]

I agree with scenaria, you should probably hold out and just buy a simple dvd player for now. Let the format war settle and let the manufactures fix the bugs/problems on the players with the first generations of the new technologies before buying them. I wouldnt want to spend $400 on a dvd player now and then spend another $700 or so in a year on a new HD/BluRay.

 

[Jack Hammer]

I agree with scenaria, you should probably hold out and just buy a simple dvd player for now. Let the format war settle and let the manufactures fix the bugs/problems on the players with the first generations of the new technologies before buying them. I wouldnt want to spend $400 on a dvd player now and then spend another $700 or so in a year on a new HD/BluRay.

That's been my mentallity for the past year or so. I was going to buy a 2910 early last year to upgrade what I have now, but didn't want to replace it when the new formats came out.

I really want a better player than what I have, and I'm not sure how long it will take for the formats to be decided. If its going to take two or three years, I might buy the Denon, if its going to take a year, it's not worth it.

So I guess the real question is how long do people think it will really take for the format wars to be decided?

 

[AndrewLyles]

That's been my mentallity for the past year or so. I was going to buy a 2910 early last year to upgrade what I have now, but didn't want to replace it when the new formats came out.

I really want a better player than what I have, and I'm not sure how long it will take for the formats to be decided. If its going to take two or three years, I might buy the Denon, if its going to take a year, it's not worth it.

So I guess the real question is how long do people think it will really take for the format wars to be decided?

My DVD player went belly up a couple weekends ago and I've been deeling with the same issues. I finnally decided to stopgap the situation and pick up the movie kit for my Xbox. $30 holds me over at least for a while. Not sure if you can do something similiar but it will at least get you through.