Cary DVD 8? Yes/No

http://www.audioholics.com/productreviews/avhardware/images/Oppo-DV-970HD-board.jpg

E-mail sent.

Mark

This is in response to an email I recieved.

I have had Cary products in the past and am truely disapointed this time. It is similar to what Rotel did on their first dvd player. They put a cheap JVC player in their own case and marked it up. But this is high-end Cary.

The Cary case looks great but I see few difference. If they only had modded it, like some are doing, I'd be really interested. I'm sorry, but I will be suspicious of their further products. Especially their HT and digital amps.

Inside of Cary (close-up)
http://www.caryaudio.com/graphics/products/cinema/DVD8/DVD8_inside_800.jpg

Inside of Oppo (close-up)
http://www.audioholics.com/productreviews/avhardware/images/Oppo-DV-970HD-board.jpg

The only differences I see are IEC socket, PS shielding, heavy casework, and removeal of card reader.

Mike

Wow - it's hard to argue with those images.

I wonder how long it will be before Cary discover they are doing themselves a disservice by keeping the picture of the DVD8 innards up on their site and take them down.

This is certainly very disappointing and really makes you wonder. At least I am pretty certain that my Cary stuff is actually made by Cary.