Hi,
my 10 year old BD-Player (Pioneer LX52mk2) has just finished working - I played a disk and it froze after 20 minutes, and did not want to play another disk even after a cold reset - it read and read and never got into any menu. Since reading in disks got slower and slower in the preceding year I think there is a problem with the drive.
The Pioneer never was a fast player. Therefore I think about getting a replacement instead of trying to fix the Pioneer. These are my conditions and wishes for the new player:
my 10 year old BD-Player (Pioneer LX52mk2) has just finished working - I played a disk and it froze after 20 minutes, and did not want to play another disk even after a cold reset - it read and read and never got into any menu. Since reading in disks got slower and slower in the preceding year I think there is a problem with the drive.
The Pioneer never was a fast player. Therefore I think about getting a replacement instead of trying to fix the Pioneer. These are my conditions and wishes for the new player:
- The player feeds a 2k beamer (no TV). The beamer is 10 years old as well and the next one would be a 4k beamer for sure. So an UHD player it shall be.
- Short read in times
- Quick reaction to the remote
- Quiet operation - the Pioneer has a fan but I never noticed it even without the beamer.
- Analog audio outputs not required, HDMI and SPDIF suffices.
- A display would be nice but even the one from the Pioneer was almost useless ...
- I have just a handful SACDs and no SACD player so a universal player might be a nice addition.
- Sony UBP-X800M2 for € 283: klicks universal player but I don't know if it is possible to play SACDs without a display. Switching on the beamer just to be able to play an SACD is out of question, so if this is necessary I wouldn't play SACDs.
- Panasonic DP-UB824 for € 419: Klicks the display but misses SACD playback. It is said that it has better video controls which might be good for the beamer. Amazon critiques mention a slow reaction times.
- Any hints what else I should check for to ease the decision?
- Are there other players I should check?
- How important is the ability to play SACDs? Mine are all hybrid disks with a CD layer.
- Should I try to stick with the Pioneer?
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