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Took the plunge and ordered an all black Connect ID 46" today. Got the black BluTech Vision player included and the comfort stand for £2070. Couldn't make my mind up about 3D glasses but have been offered them for trade price should I want to get them. And after discovering I still use an old Aconda for my retro game systems the sales guy offered me one for free next time one is traded in.
I actually tried a few different televisions today. The Sony HX583 had a good picture but sounded terrible compared to my old Xelos let alone the ID.
The Panasonic L47WT50 was similar to the Sony picture wise but had even poorer sound.
Couldn't find a Philips 9707 to demo but its 8000 series sibling was impressive with better sound than the above sets. But still not what I expect for that kind of money.
Demoed the ID at the Loewe Galerie in Glasgow and was pleased with the lack of pressure to buy. Took through some Blu-ray and DVDs to try as well as some ALAC, and 24-bit FLAC files on a USB drive.
Turned off all processing right away and was surprised to discover it was not on Shop mode but rather set to Home mode. Colour and detail were excellent and motion handling far better than my old Xelos. Interesting to see gaming mode switched on by default as well.
I'll probably get it calibrated properly all the same.
Audio wise this is some setup. Plenty of power and good separation. The 24-bit FLAC recordings sounded great but it wouldn't play the Apple Lossless files though.
The BluTech Vision player seemed easy to use and made a great job of the Blu-rays I had taken with me. Really showed up the poor encoding of Crouching Tiger. I tried one DVD and I'm not sure the scaling was quite as good as my Toshiba HD-DVD player.
Just got to wait for it arriving now. |
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