No one seems to be able to recommend a good DVD player for me.
I'm currently stuck with a Malata DVP-520 which is a nice player, but I'm sure would get it's butt kicked PQ-wise by a Farudja-based upsampling DVD player with my new Mitsubishi WD-52525 DLP HDTV. Plus the power can't be turned off/on via remote, a thing I've hated since the day I unwrapped it.
Anyway, here are the traits I am looking for:
- Roughly $300 price cap (No $2000 Denons)
- Region free capable (Via a hack, service menu, firmware update, out of the box, etc. Anything that isn't cracking it open and soldering)
- PAL to NTSC conversion
- 720p upsampling, best PQ I can get for the money (I assume it would be using a Farudja chip)
- HDMI output preferred, DVI required
- Remote power on/off
- Not required, but I'd like full software control. The old Malata 996 had it where you could go to a menu even if the disc wanted to lock itself, for example.
Anyway, thanks for the help!