Thanks for all the members that participated in the shoot-out, and especially those that contributed their dvd players and dvd's.
Paul and I acted as hosts and organizers while the judges were:
1. ESi
2. Juancho
3. gearhead
4. jollibeemcdonald
5. sanmig_ph
6. zedric
7. saxman
8. iiinaslao
9. moks007
10. mercury724
The players tested were as follows:
1. Oppo 983
2. Oppo 981
3. Oppo 980
4. Pio 600
5. Tosh XA2
6. Tosh A 35
7. Panny BD30
8. PS3
Due to technical issues and time constraints, we were unable to test the Pio 600 passing through the Denon 2808.
The first test was to rate each player, based on the HQV benchmark test. Results were:
1. Oppo 983 - 89.67 pts
2. PS3 - 88.5
3. XA2 - 87.56
4. BD30 - 75.44
5. 981 - 74.6
6. A35 - 69.16
7. 980 - 68.9
8. Pio 600 - 55
My main conclusion here is that the Pio 600 is way behind in performance.
Next test was to pit 2 players vs each other till we had one winner. Results were:
First round
983 d. Pio 600 6:3
A35 d. BD30 5:4
980 d. PS3 5:4
XA2 d. 981 10:0
Note that there were some abstentions
Second round
983 d. A35 6:2
XA2 d. 980 4:3
Final round
983 d. XA2 4:3
So, the winner is the Oppo 983!!!
Caveats:
1. This only judges players, not AVR's and projectors which can also handle video processing.
2. There were a few errors committed during the shoot-out, although we believe these were relatively minor.
Thanks again to everyone who participated! I believe we all learned a lot, had a lot of fun, gained new friends and had a masarap merienda.