Sorry. I only bring in the Ultra 800 series at the moment.
If got demand only I bring in the 1000 series.

Not everybody willing to pay so much for 1000 series.

just now i wanted to play one dvdr. Played it at 2 cap ayam players...film was jerking all the way. Even my old philips dvd recorder could not read the dvdr at all.

But then put in my new 5996 - voila! no problem at all. The whole film ran smoothly....no jerk at all. The SQ was much better too than the 2 cap ayam...

so yeah...go for 5996!

totaly agreed...and some more, High speed USB, can play external HDD..the lack of 5996 is just it dosnt came with optical out as some AVR (old model) dont have coaxial input..

Please take note of the Philips USB ports, if you plan to get yourself a high capacity stick make sure its a high speed one...rule of the thumb, 4GB or less. 8Gb pendrives are slower....unless its a corsair GT, Kingston X, Ducatti series etc.
Normal 8GB stick will make scenes jerky. I've tried with 8GB Sandisk Micro Cruzer and 8GB Kingston Data Traveller...both a bit jerky when come to high graphic intense scenes.

The Ducatti thumbdrive is slightly cheaper now and it's worth getting it, it's freaking fast and I'm using one now. Of course, the Contour is also good enough too.

How fast is fast? If double speed than normal one (in real application not on paper) then consider good enuf.

I have thrown the box away but it's considered the fastest thumbdrive in the world after Contour. Those cheapo thumbdrives have inaccurate specs, they might claim 10mb/s but when you benchmark them, the actual speed is only 6mb/s or so. You have to be careful of this. I know many people are tempted to buy them because of the price, sometimes, they sound too good to be true. Ducatti might cost a bomb but I'm happy that I've bought something which really works as claimed, it's very speedy. Even watching WMV-HD clips, it was very smooth. Of course, you can consider the Contour too, it's cheaper and slightly slower than Ducatti. The reason why Ducatti is more expensive, it's because it's a licensed product and it's limited as well.

Alrighty then. Will go and buy 4GB one. Thanks dude

Yup, by 4GB also get a good one.

To know whats hot and whats not for pendrives:
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=191462&hl=

thread goes back 2005...so read the few last pages to know the latest and the fastest.

Its good to invest on a 4gb Sandisk Ducati if you are using it for Vista ready boost and multimedia for the Philips USB...If I could turn back time...no second thoughts...Sandisk Extreme Contour also for above 4gb.
The rest of the Sandisk Cruzer just dun cut it.

This post has been edited by azbro: Aug 8 2008, 03:48 PM

Lets go back to HDMI DVD Players.
Anyone running Yamaha Players? Need some feedback on whick models are best in Yamaha range and within 500bucks

yamaha dvd players? never come across so far...

Yammy DVD Players

any good with them??? I wanna order my 663 or maybe a 1800 see if can get good price together with a DVD player.
S661 good? vs Pioneer

Which AV shops sell the Yamaha DVD Player? A bit difficult to find shops selling range of Yammy's AV components. A lot of 2008 Yamaha AV equipments are in the online catalogue, but cannot find in Malaysia

I know 1700 got 5 stars from What Hifi but don't know how it is in real life. Its in the same class as Denon 1930 or 1940. Price also about that range I think around 1.5k.

This post has been edited by arremie: Aug 8 2008, 07:16 PM

why does some of my dvd shows as 480i and some at 576p?
is this due to the dvd itself or the dvd player?

was playing around with my dvdp settings and i changed from
interlaced to progressive (recommended??)

does the "i" means interlaced and "p" for progressive?

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Added on August 9, 2008, 1:34 pmthe HDMI cable that comes with 5996.. is it HDMI 1.3a??

This post has been edited by swimfish: Aug 9 2008, 01:34 PM

If I'm not mistaken, 480 normally NTSC and 576 PAL.

Yes, spot on

any visual difference?

kinda expensive rite for a dvd player. I was only thinking of the 661 only i think it's the same as the pioneer 410