I've had some nagging questions recently I would like to share with everyone:
- Faroudja was the "Creme de la Creme" of deinterlacing and upscaling for 10+ years, but with Reagan came Star Wars then Teranex and finally Silicon Optix in order to kill F. So Faroudja is no longer the best nor probably second best. Other companies came long to push them aside, Gennum,etc...
- DVD players have crushed down in prices like plasmas and LCDs and at the same time their quality have increased, most of them support SACD, DVD-A and everything on earth that needs to read from a 12-inch optical disc.
- I understand the idea behind the F80, I'm sure it is impressive for what it is, but frankly few of us here needs it, if it pays for R&D for us, fantastic, but it seems that the speed of delivery of new products generally has shorten somewhat in the industry and their life cycle (I understand M plays in a different market but it still has an impact overall).
- PS3 and XBox 360+HD-DVD are here without much software for now but only for now. One will win. who cares who as long as it is bug free, they are cracked which I think is a good thing it will increase acceptance and sales at least in the short term and put them in the news sadly (I don't rip anything myself nor advocate it but it is a reality).

I'm putting myself in the position of someone who owns very little or anything Meridian alike. A 2-Ch guy with money potentially to spend, why should he go the M route today?

I think the M route is great if:
- you want full integration, remote controlled house,etc...
- you want 1 single drive/player that will provide good but great CD playback without pilling up gear and spend more money.
- if you want top of the range HT reproduction (who is better? Krell or Theta there are very few contenders anyway)


What about the guy that wants great CD playback and mostly great DVD picture?

Is there not a better alternative elsewhere or simply buy a G08 for CD and Denon DVD3930 for video + everything else?

I like my G91, I'm happy with the picture quality, it made perfect sense for me to purchase it few years back (3 If I recall...) because it was my only drive connected to a 2-Ch DAC for music and a HT-decoder at the same time. but today I have a different 2-Ch playback system and wonder if I would not be better off with a DVD3930, of course I would miss the Radio, the video switching, the potential seamless link to a HDMAX421 etc...

Does anyone think like me that there is a positioning problem for the DVD players particularly at their current retail price?
For those of us who are not fully integrated in the M philosophy is it not time to sell these DVD players?

I'm trying to provoke mayhem just a honest and serious discussion

Thanks for reading my 2c

FB