do you think it would be worthwhile sdi modding the g98 , who / where does this ?
Tough question. If you want the ultimate that the *G98* can offer, then yes. If you mainly watch PAL DVDs, then I wouldn't bother as the Faroudja deinterlacing is still very good. However, for scaling, I would set the G98 to "Deinterlace" and pass 576p over HDMI to an external VP.
What advantage would doing the SDI mod have over 480i straight into the Radiance ? Also would M still work on a modded unit for repair ?( I realize the warranty would be voided).
The SDI mod would allow you to output raw digital 480i straight from the MPEG decoder, instead of processed analogue component 480i. But we are nit-picking here; the 800v3 480i component output is among the very best and many will find it more than acceptable.
Realistically though, there are better players to modify than Meridians (due to M's choice of MPEG decoder) and there are other, cheaper options. For me, the Oppo 980 + VP is a very good route to go down. Without an external VP, the choice for me would have to be the Oppo 983. When we get HDMI into our processors, both of these players should be damn fine digital transports for DVD, DVD-A and SACD audio, as well as video.
I guess what I'm saying is that, for me, the time of the high-end *DVD* player is over. You can do better elsewhere for video. You lose out on the ultimate audio performance with 3rd party players as you don't get upsampling (no way of transferring decoded DD/DTS/MLP losslessly to a Meridian processor), but that will change with HDMI. As long as the DVD player does a good job with decoding, then a Meridian processor will be able to upsample the multi-channel HDMI audio.
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