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    Rick, I wish there was a easy way to compare pre/pros. I have the Sherwood/Newcastle P-965, and there have been reports that it can compete sonically with the AVM20. If so, I would love to hear it for myself.

    -curtis

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    Curtis, is there an Anthem dealer near you who'd
    let you audition an AVM30? I have only heard good
    things about the P-965. You're welcome to bring yours
    over for a shootout. The only difficult part is last
    month I moved to Phoenix! But you and yours could swing
    by and hang out by my pool while we did some listening.
    Planning a trip to the Grand Canyon? Maybe you should...[8D]

    Rick

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    I just went to Sherwoods website. The P965 is indeed
    a nice pre/pro! I'm especially interested in this feature...

    Digitally Re-Masters PCM to 192 /24

    How does this sound? This seems similiar to what the D1 does
    on ALL digital sources, including DD and DTS. That was a big
    selling point for me, but at $5000, it was just too pricey.

    Rick

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    To be honest, I have not done any real critical comparing, I can't tell if it makes a difference or not, but I leave it turned on.

    So all your gear is now in Arizona? I am actually going to be close to Riverside on Friday.

    -curtis

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    Oh man, you just missed me! Yeah, all my stuff is
    in Arizona now. But if you're gonna be near Riverside,
    just keep going! You'll hit Palm Springs and then, just
    a few hours later, you're in Phoenix! You'll know because
    there's all this cactus and stuff...

    The Integra DPS 10.5 universal player I got has a cool feature
    (speaking of upsampling). It'll take external video sources
    (like VHS or LD via S-video or composite), digitizes it,
    de-interlaces it, and scales it to the display in the digital
    domain. It outputs it via component. I'm using a plasma, so
    this is a GREAT feature for my laserdisc collection! I'm still
    playing around with the whole system, so I'm not sure it outputs
    progressive video via HDMI yet. The manual is a little murky,
    to say the least....

    Rick

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    I used to date a girl in Riverside many many years ago. One of my best friends just moved to Temecula with his family and is a professor at UCR. I am meeting him at Green River for golf on Friday.

    That is a cool feature on the Integra universal. Needless to say, you have some pretty cool electronics all the way around!

    HDMI is a digital interface...shouldn't it be progressive?

    -curtis

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    It should output progressive. All logic says it should.
    The manual says all resolutions output through HDMI are interlaced.
    But the manual is anything but clear on a lot of points.
    I haven't got my 42" plasma yet, so i can't test it[]

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    BTW, Anthem is going to implement something similar
    on all their pre/pros in an upgrade due around the end
    of the year...

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    NICE!

    No hardware upgrades for the P-965...just firmware.

    Question: What pushed you to plasma?

    -curtis

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    It's all about the picture, baby!!

    Actually, I'm going with EDTV vs. HDTV because
    my home theater is exclusively for prerecorded
    material. I wanted the resoulution of the display
    to be as close as possible to DVD's without making
    standard definition signals look poor, which I
    understand is a danger with hi-def plasmas/ projectors
    etc. Besides, EDTV was a LOT cheaper...[]

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