Sorry, been busy at work.

Joel, I consider the Oppo the best all-around Blu-ray player. For 1080p24 ONLY, I consider the Panasonic a slight improvement. One thing I had not thought about was the display. As it stands today, a single chip 1920x1080p DLP produces the highest spatial resolution possible. A 3-chip DLP has lower spatial, due to panel alignment, but higher temporal resolution. LCOS has lower spatial and temporal resolution.

A 3-chip is great because you don't have to deal with color wheel issues. Its bad becuase panel misalignment is really poor on all of the consumer level 3-chip displays. (LCOS and DLP) A 3-chip DCinema DLP can be aligned, not perfect, but MUCH better than a a consumer display.

The lens is another factor. Does it have uniform foucs? How bad is the chromatic abberation?

Is your display 1920x1080 native?

All of these will play a role in what you can resolve.

The video processor also plays a role. Mark, have you tried bypassing the Radiance, just to ensure it is not doing any damage? I have not used one, so I don't know what it may or may not do.

Speed is all relative. The Panasonic is PS3 fast compared to the Pioneer 09. wink The PS3 is still the all-around fastest player. The Oppo and LGs load movies faster, but seek track to track (chapter) slower. Menu navigation is also slower on them relative to the PS3.

Figure out what bothers you the least and go for it.

I am speaking with Panasonic on forcing the output color space. I have asked them to at least default to 4:4:4 instead of 4:2:2, but would prefer the user choice.

Stacey Spears
Co-Creator, Spears & Munsil High Definition Benchmark, Blu-ray Edition and Lighthouses of the Pacific Northwest.