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MurDiddlyUrdler · 04-22-2003, 07:51 PM

The Panasonic DVD-RP82 may be a "smarter" buy than the Denon DVD-1600, but there's one very important feature that the Denon has which the Panasonic doesn't appear to have. The Denon has an internal closed caption decoder.

This is important to me because I have a lot of discs (especially from MGM, Artisan and HBO) that do not have English subtitles but do have closed captions. I like to be able to read along with the movie, but HDTVs cannot decode closed captions from a progressive scan signal so it's useful if the DVD player can do this. My Toshiba SD-4800 can do this and it's quite a nice feature. It may not be an important feature to most people, but it could definitely be the deciding factor to me on the Panasonic and the Denon.

04-22-2003, 07:51 PM	#18 (permalink)
MurDiddlyUrdler Banned Join Date: Aug 2002	The Panasonic DVD-RP82 may be a "smarter" buy than the Denon DVD-1600, but there's one very important feature that the Denon has which the Panasonic doesn't appear to have. The Denon has an internal closed caption decoder. This is important to me because I have a lot of discs (especially from MGM, Artisan and HBO) that do not have English subtitles but do have closed captions. I like to be able to read along with the movie, but HDTVs cannot decode closed captions from a progressive scan signal so it's useful if the DVD player can do this. My Toshiba SD-4800 can do this and it's quite a nice feature. It may not be an important feature to most people, but it could definitely be the deciding factor to me on the Panasonic and the Denon.