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Originally Posted by Dave A
You have won the battle with the CLD-97. My DVL-90 is not worthy. But boy do I love it even if it is the red-headed stepchild.
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I think the DVL-90 is essentially the same as the CLD-99 in terms of optics, the video circuitry, and the composite output wave-shaping circuit. It should be a phenomenal performer. With all of these high-end players, the limiting factor is more than likely going to be the disc itself. I'm willing to be relatively few discs, aside from the Criterion releases and most of the Disney catalog, are getting anywhere near the 50 dB S/N mark.
The only thing that concerns be about the DVL-90, CLD-99, 704 family, etc, is the soft frequency response. Even then though, you're unlikely to notice it on any roundie...
I like the LD format due to the lack of Macrovision and the ability to jump/skip around at will. Sure I could rip all my DVDs to a computer and stream everything over the network, but sometimes its nice to just throw and LD on and forget it.