Originally Posted by MrMarbach
And yet many people who have 800s say they still sound better than any other DVD player when playing DVDs. Mightn't Meridian be able to do that trick with Bluray by (for starters) avoiding HDMI for audio entirely?

I don't blame M for staying away from the Bluray arena so far. The sands shift rapidly in Bluray today and a Bluray that would distiguish M would not be without significant development costs. I spent some time today at CES with Vince Galbo, the National Sales Mangager for MSB technology. They are just now releasing a new Bluray based on the Oppo 93 transport. It is a modestly upscale unit with a retail of $3995. My first impression was positive. I would say at least worthy of further investigation. The point is yesterday it was Oppo 83, today it is Oppo 93, tomorrow it is Oppo 95.

Regards,
Gary

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