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07-22-2008, 06:46 AM
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Let's get <em>real honest</em> with one another here: if folks are <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/panasonics-dmp-bd50-blu-ray-player-gets-reviewed/">legitimately arguing</a> that a $700 Profile 2.0 Blu-ray player is overpriced, there's absolutely no way a DVD player is worth over four times as much. That being said, the folks over at <em>Sound & Vision</em> put the <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/18/kaleidescape-claims-new-1080p-upscaling-dvd-players-rival-blu/">pricey pair</a> through the paces, and they were actually quite pleased with the results. In a nutshell, it seems that reviewers found the best upscaling DVD players this planet has to offer, and while all the fawning over their pristine reproduction of colors was fine and dandy, it's the value proposition here that's absurdly out of whack. In fairness, it's good to hear that the bundled Sigma Designs' Gennum VXP video processor chip lived up to the hype, but all the upconverting in the world won't make us believe these things are worthy of the stratospheric prices.<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/mediaplayers/2863/exclusive-first-look-kaleidescape-1080p-player-kplayer-6000.html>Read</a>*|*<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/kaleidescapes-overpriced-upscaling-dvd-players-gets-reviewed/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>*|*<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/1229706/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>*|*<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/kaleidescapes-overpriced-upscaling-dvd-players-gets-reviewed/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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Let's get <em>real honest</em> with one another here: if folks are <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/panasonics-dmp-bd50-blu-ray-player-gets-reviewed/">legitimately arguing</a> that a $700 Profile 2.0 Blu-ray player is overpriced, there's absolutely no way a DVD player is worth over four times as much. That being said, the folks over at <em>Sound & Vision</em> put the <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/18/kaleidescape-claims-new-1080p-upscaling-dvd-players-rival-blu/">pricey pair</a> through the paces, and they were actually quite pleased with the results. In a nutshell, it seems that reviewers found the best upscaling DVD players this planet has to offer, and while all the fawning over their pristine reproduction of colors was fine and dandy, it's the value proposition here that's absurdly out of whack. In fairness, it's good to hear that the bundled Sigma Designs' Gennum VXP video processor chip lived up to the hype, but all the upconverting in the world won't make us believe these things are worthy of the stratospheric prices.<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/mediaplayers/2863/exclusive-first-look-kaleidescape-1080p-player-kplayer-6000.html>Read</a>*|*<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/kaleidescapes-overpriced-upscaling-dvd-players-gets-reviewed/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>*|*<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/1229706/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>*|*<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/18/kaleidescapes-overpriced-upscaling-dvd-players-gets-reviewed/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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