I have the Pioneer Blue Ray that just came out. Great on DVDs and Blue Ray not good on redbook cd's it not up to the high end quailty DVD players .I am using an Esoteric for high end for redbook and SACD. IMHO.
Sissys not! Just prudent. Why buy a player that may be defunct in matter of months. Do your SACD and DVD A players get a lot play of time? If so, you're playing a lot of CDs on them.
I suppose I should bite my lip and be quiet for if not for early adopters such as yourself many new technologies would not become common place but you called us sissys and everyone on the playground heard you. %^)
I for one have just bought an HD DVD for a very nice price. I may have come late to the game but within a few weeks I will have seen most of the HD movies that I wish to see and will be waiting for new releases. So what's the rush? Besides, I don't care that much for Sony.
I agree Kennyt! I own both Blu-ray and HD-DVD players and rent both formats via Netflix. I mean, the most expensive HD-dvd player you can get is only $500 (Toshiba XA2). How many A'goner's have a sub $500 cdp? In fact, I just bought a Toshiba A2 on Amazon for $179 with 7 free movies! HD players are AMAZING and cost is no longer a good excuse not to have one IMHO.
As to the original posters question, HD and blu-ray players are nothing special for CD playback. In fact, I believe some blu-ray players are reported not to pay CD's at all. So, I would stick to a CDP for that purpose.
These are good reasons to go PC audio/video. There is now a HD/Blu-ray all in one DVD drive by LG that you can mount in your PC. This unit cost $300...a no brainer in my book. You can enjoy both..life is good! ;-)
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