AR and Kiss Players... again...

[len0x]

Originally posted by SeeMoreDigital
No wonder there are so many pissed off stand-alone player users. It's really an unforgivable situation which has got to be damaging stand-alone player sales!


Not enough I guess. For instance in real life I don't know anyone who has a widescreen TV (apart from me :D, although its rather multipurpose LCD panel than pure TV). So I think whoever can afford buying nice big widescreen TVs do not bother with MPEG4 and just buys DVDs... That's probably the reason that hi-end manufacturers have not adopted it yet... (its still pretty low-end market - proof is that almost none of MPEG4 enabled players have DVI output for instance).

[SeeMoreDigital]

Yes, you're right about Mpeg4 enabled stand-alones and the DVI output!

I'm also rather surprised that there are very few Mpeg2/DVD players with this output connector. And no DSS amplifiers, AFAIK...

With regard to 16:9 TV's, just about everybody I know has one of these now (most of whom are not interested in encoding), especially since the birth of FreeView (the UK's DVB-T service). Even my parents and my wifes parents have one!

The thing that upsets me most about 16:9 TV set owners, is their inability to set them up properly. If it's one thing I can't stand is watching an obvious 4:3 image, expanded to 16:9.


Cheers

[Atlantis]

Man, I should have checked this first on the net before buying my kiss player! :(

[manono]

Hi-

I'm awaiting D3 model that's gonna be based on sigma 8620 chip

Me too. And then the other day I saw this:

http://www.iodata.com/usa/products/products.php?cat=MIJ&sc=JSR&pId=AVLP2%2FDVDG

And that one really got my blood racing. :) It's coming out in Japan right now (if they're to be believed), and out in the US next month (if they're to be believed). It's got a boatload of features for around $300 USD. So maybe the new gen Sigma standalones are coming very soon. At the moment, Vinc. (makers of the Bravo series) say only that they hope to get theirs out before the end of the year.

[len0x]

Originally posted by manono
Me too. And then the other day I saw this:


Saw that as well. Lucky US and Japanese markets, coz its not gonna be available in Europe either. Tell us if you get it. I really need to invent some scheme to avoid customs charge when shipping :)

[SeeMoreDigital]

It's about time some players appeared with Sigma's new EM8620 chip-set...

Put me down for one (with an option for two more)!


Cheers