Need a little help picking out a DVD player!

[Snapper134]

I could use a little help with selecting a DVD player. I want one that has a multi-disc carousel, it will used for both music and movies. I am not interested in anything that is Blu-Ray or HD-DVD right now, I don't have a TV to take advantage of it. I will probably be purchasing one of them in a year or two when prices drop. I would be putting a lot of emphasis on it playing music as well as movies, when I do get a Blu-Ray or HD-DVD player it will then be used only for music.

I was considering either a Denon or Yamaha. I went to a local shop and one of the salesmen was leading me towards an Integra DPC-7.7. I can't find any reviews on it anywhere. Any thoughts one way or the other? Any recommondations would be appreciated. I do want to stay in the $300-400 dollar range. Thanks ahead of time.

 

[solomr2]

Have you considered the Oppo DV-981HD. Seems to do a lot of things right, including good upscaling to 1080p, plays SACD, DVD-Audio, and the price is reasonable.

 

[farscaper]

I really like the 5-Disk Panasonic my brother has. I believe its the F-87.
Had no trouble setting it up for him. There was an audio difference from his last DVD player. But his last DVD player was crap. So not a fair comparison.

(Maybe someone can jump in, but wasn't there some reliability & quality issues with the Integra and Onkyo DVD players? Maybe thats old news?)

 

[Snapper134]

I've been seeing a lot of people tallking about the Oppo, but I want a multi-disc player. I have not even looked at the Panasonic players at all. None of the shops I frequent even carries them. I might have to branch out and look elsewhere. Thanks for the feedback.

I am really curious if anyone has some feedback on the Integra players at all? I am supposed to go check one out later this week and would really like to here from someone who has some experience with Integra.

 

[jcPanny]

CD and DVD players

Snapper,
The CD and DVD changers are not as popular these days. If you want a quality upscalling DVD player, I would recommend one of the Oppo's. I have the entry level DV970HD which works great with my 32" LCD. They are an internet direct company so you have to order from their site or Amazon.

Add a CD or DVD changer for a $100 for your CD music transport. Anything with a digital optical or coax output should work fine. Some of the DVD changers aren't good at simple functions like random playback on all 5-6 discs.

Instead of the CD changer, a lot of people are using an iPod type source or streaming music from a PC with the SqueezeBox3 or something similar.