Cambridge audio dv-89 Upscaling player

well pioneer dvd players are available in showrooms in bangalore there is a pioneer showroom in infantry road.the pioneer DV 600 costs 12000 in showroom the same is available in grey for 8000.

the showroom guy said that the new model DV 610 will be available in july for the same price as the dv 600

Hi,

I was also looking for a good DVD Player with HDMI upscaling and a decent audio playback. Settled for Pioneer DV-600AV because of the features and good reviews. Supports SACD/DVD-Audio/Div-X ultra certified/USB port etc. ..future proof with lot of formats!

This dealer ( Pro-Audiotronics, Bangalore ) quoted 11K.Searched in the grey market and finally bought the new box-packed one for 6.4K. I would say a good performer and great VFM at this price.

-Sunil

How much is the DVD99 for?

Hi Sunil
I am also looking for a HDMI upscaling dvd player, i have a samsung HD 860 currently, unfortunately in bangalore i am unable to find the HD 870 model, which was good, please provide shop details from where you bought the pioneer dvd player for 6.4 k

Someone is giving me a price quote of 10.5k for the CA DVD89, should i go for it?

That's not bad considering it was 12k last November. Do ask if they have DV99 (has USB input) as well. If SACD/DVD-A is not important to you then CA 540D will give you slightly better sound. Pity their 640D is still on the drawing board.

This is a strange question. I buy at least 10 to 15 pure audio CDs every month. Every time I travel abroad, my max expenditure is on audio CDs.

Are you referring to MP3 and similar digital forms? Unfortunately regular compressed digital format such as MP3 do not come anywhere near a audio CD in terms of quality and format. If you need to use digital formats, you have to use uncompressed format such as FLAC. Even if you are using a PC as a music server, it is better to store your music as uncompressed FLAC, AIF, or WAV files.

The issue with MP3 is not that the format is different. To reduce the size of a music file from something like 40MB to something like 4MB, a lot of the music is actually truncated before the compression.

I have written extensively on this elsewhere in this forum on this topic.

Cheers

i finally got it for 10k. Not for myself. but for a friend.