Is BDP-95 worth it over BDP-93? Any thoughts?
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I, too, purchased the 93 and thought about upgrading to the 95. I liked the 93 but was intrigued by the 95's audio. So I ordered a 95 and was blown away by the improved sound. The 93 is on its way back to Amazon.
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Your original post said that the only difference between the 9585 and the 9595 was the LCD, But it is also the Fast Cleaning Cycle that you stated in your 2nd posting..Also on the 9585 the LCD is not on the back of the unit but on the bottom But it is different than on the 9595..which has more info
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BDP9x-74-0908B The B may be for beta. I think the official version is BDP9x-74-0908 (without the 'B'). This is a good version. The previous released version was a mess. See http://www.oppodigital.com/blu-ray-bdp-95/blu-ray-BDP-95-Support.aspx.
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Honestly, seeing the 2 side by side I could not tell the difference. However I went with the 95D just because I knew if I got the 92D that I would always wonder if I should've gotten the 95D.
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I've had mine for about 2.5 years and it is working flawlessly. This is, by far, the best Bluray/DVD player that I have ever owned - 2nd best would be my Oppo BDP-83. FYI, I have not loaded the latest firmware because I want to retain ISO file playback capability. These are exceptionally good players, I highly recommend them.-RW-
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to try and offer some advice: i just upgraded from the BDP83 to the BDP93, i have only watched 1 Blu on the new one (BDP93) but was amazed at the pic quality i had the BDP83 for almost a year before upgrading and the only issue i had was watching LOTR extended versions on DVD and would see a 'hiccup" every so often - i believe this was where they added the extended footage in - otherwise i NEVER had a single issue with my player with an Oppo or PS3 OR whatever bluray player you have or decide to buy i always make sure the firmware is updated to resolve any 'issues" you may have best of luck to you
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Thanks, Rushead. Excellent explanation. I'm concluding that if I go with the BD55, I can use its 7.1 audio outputs with the 7.1 audio inputs on my Pioneer 1015. Might be the best way to go, since I'm sensing the Dolby TrueHD and DTS might be significantly better than regular DD and DTS in 5.1.
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I've always used my BDP-83 for HD audio, also called lossless audio - Dolby TrueHD, DTS-Master Audio, and PCM. You can only get 5.1 HD/lossless audio with an HDMI connection to a receiver. The problem with attaching a hard drive via USB is that the BDP-83 only supports FAT32 format, used in DOS & Win95, and limits file size to a maximum of 4GB, you'd have to break HD direct into a bunch of 4GB files. Also the hard drive needs to have its own power supply, the electrical current in a USB connection is only enough for USB flash/"Thumb" drives. The newer Oppo models support NTFS, which has pretty much unlimited file size. Cheers
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I've had mine for about 2.5 years and it is working flawlessly. This is, by far, the best Bluray/DVD player that I have ever owned - 2nd best would be my Oppo BDP-83. FYI, I have not loaded the latest firmware because I want to retain ISO file playback capability. These are exceptionally good players, I highly recommend them. -RW-
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+1 on Panasonic. You could spend another $400 and get a Pioneer, but Panasonic BD players weren't voted a "Good Buy" by many journalists and magazines for nothing. I have two Panasonics in my house, a BD60 and a BD55 (current model is the BD80). I need the BD55 for the 5.1 analog out to my 10 year old Sony ES receiver so I can get to hear Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD. Yeah, blu-ray picture is good (on the at least a 720p/1080i display) but I think the sound is a huge improvement.You can get a BD80 for $172 today at Amazon.com, too.Best of luck with your decision. +1 on Panasonic. You could spend another $400 and get a Pioneer, but Panasonic BD players weren't voted a "Good Buy" by many journalists and magazines for nothing. I have two Panasonics in my house, a BD60 and a BD55 (current model is the BD80). I need the BD55 for the 5.1 analog out to my 10 year old Sony ES receiver so I can get to hear Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD. Yeah, blu-ray picture is good (on the at least a 720p/1080i display) but I think the sound is a huge improvement.You can get a BD80 for $172 today at Amazon.com, too.Best of luck with your decision.
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I own both and much prefer the 95. Battery life is better but that depends on how it is used. I have owned both for about 3 months and have switched back and forth with the 95 coming out as a favorite. Both are excellent phones and it depends very much on your expectations. I like the 95.
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There is more than just the difference of cable card input in the 96D. As for CableCard - it enables you to get rid of the cable box and instead rent (usually for about $3 - 5 a month) a small card (think PCMCIA like) into the TV and be able to decode the digital cable signals without the box. The downside is that the Cable Card 2.0 specification is rather recent and with 1.0 which most cable operators have today don't do OnDemand type programming. Both TVs will be able to pull down over the air HDTV signals with an antenna (your local stations). Now for the differences between 96D and 95D. The 96D features a USB port and a firewire (IEEE 1394) port. The USB port can be used for potential firmware upgrades (though I haven't searched to see if there even have been any yet. The other difference is that the 96D supports 1080p in "Game Mode" while the 95D, while fully 1080p, does not use 1080p in "Game Mode". From what I have been able to tell those are the big differences.
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Hello Joe, I use 92/93 for 1 HP Printer, And I use 74/75 for my other HP Printer. I'm Not positive, but I don't think 93 could be used for 95. To be sure, you can locally call any Best-Buy or Office Max, and they would know right away. Better to check & make sure, than purchase by mistake. They cost enough money as is. Hope this helped!
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I'm not sure if I understand your question. The BDP-93 has only outputs, not inputs so you can't connect audio or video into it. Unless your thinking about connecting to the SATA input?
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9600 is new model. I don't think there is much difference. You would have to go through every spec to see if there is any. I would start with the pioneer website. I love my 9500 I wouldn't change anything about it. If the price is close obviously go with the new one.
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Hey Guys,Thanks for the advice. I ended up going with the 983. I expect to receive it mid April. I actually had a Toshiba D3 but I just recently sold it with my HD collection. As I have quite a large collection of SD DVD's it made sense to go with the best quality upconverting player available especially as there would be quite a noticible PQ difference on a 72" display. The plan now is to pick up a cheap Blue Ray player during thanksgiving or boxing day sales which I will use purely for Blue Ray while the 983 will be uses for everything else.
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Hey man I have 9500 it works fine. Also 0 degradation. One thing to look for is the back covers arent that sturdy!