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Dansai 852 or 1010

Stiggy (Mostly Harmless) posted this on Saturday, 13th April 2002, 09:03

I need a cheap player for my bedroom & I`m lucky enough to have both players for sale at Tesco`s in Loughborough. Which one should I go for & why ?

RE: Dansai 852 or 1010

shadowze (Competent) posted this on Saturday, 13th April 2002, 12:07

Hi,
I bought a 1010 yesterday and I am not sure about it yet
on Monday.
Reason :
I have a widescreen telly and some some weird reason the 1010
switches the tv to widescreen mode BUT still displays bars on the top as well as the bottom.
Has anyone else noticed this ?

RE: Dansai 852 or 1010

hunsbury0 (Elite) posted this on Saturday, 13th April 2002, 12:10

I would go for 852 as it has got good reviews ,can disable macro & it also has a display on the unit.

RE: Dansai 852 or 1010

kevint (Competent) posted this on Saturday, 13th April 2002, 13:36

I think this depends on the ratio of the film. Widescreen tv gives no bars top and bottom so long as the film is in 16:9 (1.85:1), but if the film is 2.35:1 you will still get bars top and bottom unless you use some of the tv`s zoom/picture functions.

RE: Dansai 852 or 1010

shadowze (Competent) posted this on Saturday, 13th April 2002, 16:05

Yeah I tried a few other discs the anamophic ones filled the whole
screen , the 2.35:1 ones had bars on top and bottom ( correct )
But I have tried Blade - region 2 and its 16:9 ratio but has bars on top
and bottom is this correct ??? - I thought it should have filled the screen

RE: Dansai 852 or 1010

shadowze (Competent) posted this on Saturday, 13th April 2002, 16:24

DO NOT BUY THE 1010
Reason:
Macrovision cannot be disabled :-(

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