Movie disc player for the perfect family?
Posted by: Foot tapper on 22 October 2008
We are blessed in the Foot Tapper household to have 2 family members who are passionate about music (foot tapper + miss foot tapper), while 2 family members are into movies & all things visual (Mrs foot tapper + foot tapper junior).
As is the way in the normal course of domestic diplomacy, Mrs FT spotted my passion for music at an early stage, so we have a lovely Linn/Naim/Proac system to eke the best out of our many and growing CDs & LPs.
FT, being of the male gender, is naturally slow to recognise the many subtle hints that Mrs FT has dropped over the years about wanting a good TV. Eventually however, even Mr FT couldn't miss the comment "can we get rid of that HUGE TV and buy a nice big flat one, dear?"
Being the perceptive chap that I am... I realised that Mrs FT wanted to get rid of the 28" CRT TV, so researched and eventually acquired a 37" Panasonic TV, Sky HD+ box and a £200 Panasonic DVD player to fit in between our much cherished Proacs.
Domestic bliss resumed for a further 3 years, until now.
Mrs FT says that the Sky box produces great pictures but our DVD player is unacceptable. Admittedly, we are starting to get bands of darker colour across the screen when we play DVD movies, but to me that just adds a little character to the picture....
So now it is imperative that I find a suitable player for movie discs, to replace the £200 Panasonic one
.
We don't need it to play CDs - the CDX2/XPS2 seems to do that quite well
All our movie discs are DVDs so far, but apparently Blu Ray compatibility is a good thing to have for the future. FT Junior has a PS3, but that is providing sterling service in another room.
We don't need surround sound, as the 2 channel Naim/Proac system seems to pretty darn fine (though moderate improvemens such as a Superline for the TT wouldn't go amiss hint hint etc.)
We do need a player that will play movies well, with a good picture for a 37-46" Plasma/LCD TV (yes, Mrs FT thinks that the TV is a bit small now, gulp
) and half decent sound to route through the hifi.
Budget-wise, I was thinking in terms of £500-750ish, in the hope that this might be realistic. Marantz seem to have a well reviewed one, the DV7001(?), while lots of Arcam ones appear to be available at knock down prices (e.g. DV137)
So, any recommendations for a suitable movie disc player spring to mind?
p.s. how do I insert a photo of the system, so that everyone can see the position of the TV, loudspeakers etc in the room?
As is the way in the normal course of domestic diplomacy, Mrs FT spotted my passion for music at an early stage, so we have a lovely Linn/Naim/Proac system to eke the best out of our many and growing CDs & LPs.
FT, being of the male gender, is naturally slow to recognise the many subtle hints that Mrs FT has dropped over the years about wanting a good TV. Eventually however, even Mr FT couldn't miss the comment "can we get rid of that HUGE TV and buy a nice big flat one, dear?"
Being the perceptive chap that I am... I realised that Mrs FT wanted to get rid of the 28" CRT TV, so researched and eventually acquired a 37" Panasonic TV, Sky HD+ box and a £200 Panasonic DVD player to fit in between our much cherished Proacs.
Domestic bliss resumed for a further 3 years, until now.
Mrs FT says that the Sky box produces great pictures but our DVD player is unacceptable. Admittedly, we are starting to get bands of darker colour across the screen when we play DVD movies, but to me that just adds a little character to the picture....
So now it is imperative that I find a suitable player for movie discs, to replace the £200 Panasonic one
. We don't need it to play CDs - the CDX2/XPS2 seems to do that quite well
All our movie discs are DVDs so far, but apparently Blu Ray compatibility is a good thing to have for the future. FT Junior has a PS3, but that is providing sterling service in another room.
We don't need surround sound, as the 2 channel Naim/Proac system seems to pretty darn fine (though moderate improvemens such as a Superline for the TT wouldn't go amiss hint hint etc.)
We do need a player that will play movies well, with a good picture for a 37-46" Plasma/LCD TV (yes, Mrs FT thinks that the TV is a bit small now, gulp
) and half decent sound to route through the hifi.Budget-wise, I was thinking in terms of £500-750ish, in the hope that this might be realistic. Marantz seem to have a well reviewed one, the DV7001(?), while lots of Arcam ones appear to be available at knock down prices (e.g. DV137)
So, any recommendations for a suitable movie disc player spring to mind?
p.s. how do I insert a photo of the system, so that everyone can see the position of the TV, loudspeakers etc in the room?