Yeah, but 1930 is still using Faroudja solution but it's only RM1200  so shouldn't expect much for this price. Yeah, the 2930 has the new Teranex chip but 3930 is the main star, using Silicon Optix Realta chip, that chip is totally flawless and was highly rated by most Hi-Fi magazines but it costs about RM5K plus, I wouldn't mind buying it if it plays either Blu-Rays or HD-DVDs or even better, both.  For a hefty price to play standard definition dvds, that's an overkill I guess.

I thought it is easily found in KL, I just know the Hi-Fi shops in Penang. Can you try asking CMY Audio since they do carry Denon products or maybe those Hi-Fi shops in Low Yat Plaza? Seriously, Denon 1930 is not suitable for playing back those DTS 9 ahem dvds. Don't say I didn't warn ya, it's a tad more sensitive than Pioneer dvd players and the Faroudja solution has some marcoblocking issues (no matter how much they have tweaked it, it is still present especially if you watch animes or movies like Monster Inc, Toy Story, etc). If you're playing mostly originals, then, just forget what I have said, just go ahead and buy it but if your collection consists more on those ahem ones, you better think twice, don't say I didn't warn ya. Just a friendly advice. 

Nope, not me, my friend bought his Denon in Penang, I accompanied him, the price he paid was RM1190 actually but selling is around RM1200, we nego for more than half an hour for the 10 bucks.   

Well, not all original dvds are censored, the latest Berjaya HVN, Warner, Sony Pictures dvds sold in Speedy Videos are not censored, I can personally assure you that and even the folks from Speedy Videos said it out loud, if they're censored, they'll refund my money or allow me to choose another title. The government has relaxed the censorship thingy these days, you can even watch The Passion Of Christ without a scene cut from the movie. Even Date Movie Unrated Version, V For Vandetta, Supernatural Season 1, etc are all uncut. They're only RM29.90 to RM139.90 for all region 3 titles, they're imported from Asian countries and are as good as region 1 titles, minus the special packaging only. I'm still buying those original region 3 titles as they're of good quality and slightly cheaper too so if you're mostly buying those, then don't worry about which dvd player to get but if you're also interested to watch ahem dvds which I think all of us do too, be careful as the quality of our ahem dvds are becoming from bad to worst, most discs are warped and have fine scratches on them, our ahem dvds were much better 5 years ago and ever since they have reduced the prices, the quality takes a hit and some new movies including serials are even burnt on poor quality dvd-rs which have compatibility problems with most dvd players, it's not because of your player, it's because that these dvd-rs are inferior, probably the surface is not that reflective, causing the picture to freeze or skip because some players are unable to read and play them properly.

With prices of original region 3 titles dropping fast, I guess it will be pointless to buy ahem dvds anymore. I'm happy with most of the imported region 3 titles sold in Speedy Videos, so far, so good, just wished that they could bring in Narnia and King Kong Extended Editions asap, I'm waiting for them impatiently.

If you're buying the Denon, bring along a few dvds of your own personal collection to test it, my advice will be using RCE protected region 1 titles like The Patriot, Charlie Angels, etc to test it and a few ahem dvds, local ones or those China made ones for compatibility tests. Never rely on those demo discs from the shop, most of them are using reference quality discs to demo it, imagine those THX and DTS demo dvds, of course the picture will look good especially on those professional authored dvds, don't be fooled by them. Bring along your own movies, the ones that you usually watch and you'll know how good the picture is on the player itself. 

Ehhh ...... why so expensive pulak?  Got any free gifts or things given, ar? No bonus, ar? I guess you're based on 13 month salary thingy, izzit? No lah, just a wild guess but not everyone got their bonus this year, mine is only one month to be frank, if two months good lah, can buy PS3.    Just joking, if I have the money also I won't buy that lah. Waste of money, no good games yet. 

Anyway, try asking other shops and see, shouldn't be that expensive ler. So weird. How do they derive to this figure. 

I guess I can answer this question since I have a XBOX 360 and the HD-DVD add on, the answer is no, the XBOX 360 doesn't upscale standard dvds and that's the same goes for PS3 too. I know it sucks but it's true. The XBOX 360 seems to play warped dvds pretty well but just that it doesn't upscale them.

Regarding the Denon dvd player, you need to set it to Auto 1 and do some tweaking with the colours with a DVD Essentials dvd, straight from the box, the colour tones are slightly of but if compared with my Sony 76H, I prefer the upscale picture on my Sony, it's smoother and sharper. You gotta try to give Sony 76H a test drive before getting the Oppo. No lah, I'm not stopping you to get an Oppo, just wanna make sure you won't regret mah since you have already test Denon, Philips and Samsung, no harm giving Sony a test drive lor, right? 

From my personal experience, the 92V from Sony has a shifting issue when upscaled to 1080i via the projector and some HDTV panels, the problem has been corrected with the 76H model and picture quality wise, both models are comparable, the only difference is 92V plays SACD and 76H does not, it plays them but you won't get SACD sound quality, if you can live with that, 76H is a good choice but if you want all in one, then Denon 1930 is your best bet but Denon's 2930 is the main star as it pawns most high end dvd players costing twice its price but now worth buying that now, with the price, you can get a HD-DVD or Blu-Ray player, why bother getting such an expensive dvd player, right? 

Wah, RM575? That's a good price because the lowest I can get is RM590. They gave you discount even you paid it with credit card? That's great.

Huh? Cannot play any of your ahem dvds?    That's strange, I had no problems with my poor quality ahem dvds. This is something strange but did you test other movies on it? I'm sure you'll love the picture quality especially if it's hooked up on a Sony Bravia (the normal type S or V series). Honestly, the Sony 76H looked nicer on a Sony Bravia, Panasonic Viera, Toshiba Regza than Samsung's R7 LCD tv. That's based on my personal observation.

Yeah, yeah, do post some pictures here. Does your projector support component video too? If yes, do include it as a comparison with HDMI output but do take note that 76H only upscale to 720P or 1080i resolution via HDMI only and you must check the maximum resolution that your projector can support as some projectors only support up to 720P resolution.

Anyway, congratulations for getting a 76H, I have three units in my house, one in the living hall, one in my room and one in my gf's house (she's using it to watch those ahem Chinese and Korean serials on dvds) 

Yeah, the internet bandwidth is pretty slow, I can't even attach a document with my Yahoo Mail. Tried more than 10 times yesterday.  Doesn't seem like an earthquake to me, probably Godzilla tripped the submarine cables and fell down so we thought it was an earthquake.    After all Japan is pretty near to Taiwan.   

Well, from my personal experience, Cinema 1 is the best setting for my display, my friend is using Cinema 2 for his Panasonic Plasma Tv so it's pretty subjective I guess. It has more sub menus than other players but if you want better picture and sound quality, do invest in Belkin's Surgemaster Gold Series, it filters the noise from the power source of our electrical outlets in our house, there was a marked improvement from my unit. It's no audiophile quality stuff but it works to a certain degree. I guess you can get one from All IT Hypermart. If not, if you have the cash to spare, I'll recommend VDH B16A power cord with Wirewold Tundra shielded multi socket connector, both are audiophile grade components and will cost you at least RM1800 (estimated figure). I'm planning to buy but instead, I got a handphone for myself. Have to put it on hold. CNY coming so maybe later I guess. 

If I'm in your shoes, I'll be so distracted and won't feel like working today. I will apply leave and stay at home to watch LOTR on the Sony 76H. 

Denon is being distributed by IMS in Malaysia. The price diff might be dealers undercutting each other.

Well, your statement isn't 100% correct as I've 9 HD-DVD titles here, there's still some slight grain and noise too if you observe them carefully but where the HD-DVD excels will be the colours and sharpness, the movie looks more lifelike and 3 dimensional, it's like watching a whole new movie again evenf or older titles too. If you're not sitting that close to your display, you won't notice the imperfections that clearly even for dvds but sometimes, you can put the blame entirely on dvds if you're playing them on a Cap Ayam dvd player bought from Tesco, if the play is only 80 bucks, then even the best authored dvd will still look ugly. Go to CMY Audio, Gurney Plaza and ask them to test your dvd on their Denon 5930 which is connected to their Hitachi LCD, you'll notice that the picture quality is far superior than what you've seen on normal dvd players so sometimes, it's not the format alone to be blamed. Standard dvds don't hold a candle to next gen ones but they're not inferior either, at least miles better than laserdiscs, vcds or video tapes too.