I have been sitting on the fence for long enough I think, with the Toshiba EP 35 now selling under �250 with 7 discs I think I can take the risk and possibly end up with 2 players, one HD and one BR. This will probably be just as cheap as a dual player and will hopefully be of better quality. The new release of Blade Runner being the straw that broken this camels back.

Does anyone have experience of the EP35 and secondly linking up via a Meridian system?

The system is as set up by a dealer about 18 months ago. On the basis it ain't broke I have left it alone to date so don't fully understand how its is connected although I am sure I have the techical capabilioty should I put my mind to it.

I have a sky HD box and a G98 feeding HDMI into a Max421 box into a pioneer 5000EX. Both the Skybox and G98 feed audio into a G68ADV, the skybox by both optical and std audio (not sure why both). The G98 / G68ADV are connected by the 4 way Meridian digital link.

What would be the prefered audio connections for the EP35 to the G68ADV? (DSP5500 x 3 + 2 x DSP3100, no sub)

Presumably the EP35 HDMI would feed directly into the max 421 and bypass the G68 ADV? If I play around with the setup presumably I can switch via the remote both visual and audio as I do with the Skybox and G98?

Does anyone know whether the G98 will outperform the EP35 for standard definition DVD playback?

Sorry a lot of questions but no better place to ask them.

regards

David

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