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Originally Posted by Ruined
1) All of the standalones are flawed, crippled, extremely slow, or in most cases some combination of the three.
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I really think this argument gets more voice than it deserves.
I popped in Bladrunner last night to initiate my new Denon 2500 player, and I was expecting to have to wait for it, even after switching inputs from Tivo to DVD, sitting down, etc.. Nope. The movie was already 30 seconds into the opening credits, and I had to rewind a bit to see the start. Cars, a Disney title, took longer to load for sure, but not the 2-3 minutes that some have said. I was not displeased in the experience at all.
When I bought my player last night, I compared it side-by-side to the only other player I was still considering, the Pioneer 95FD. The Denon is light-years faster than the 95, so that was the deciding factor for me. I will use Denon's work around for the LFE bug, and keep looking for them to fix it in firmware. (And even if they don't, I don't think it will impact me that much.)