Page 1 of IT`S OFFICIAL ENCORE ARE SH**E

WELL THEY MUST BE s***E AS THEY ARE BRINING OUT A NEW ONE AT THE END OF THE MONTH
THEN WHAT IS IT GOING TO BE MODEL no 450/1/2/3/4/5/6/7 AS YOU CAN SEE ENCORE ARE
CHANCERS JUST TRYING TO GET PUNTERS TO FORK OUT GOOD MONEY FOR THERE PILE
OF s***E WHEN THEY CANT GET IT RIGHT IN THE FIRST PLACE SO WHY SHOULD WE PAY
THEM TO HIT THE PUBLIC WITH SUB STANDARD DVD PLAYERS ALL I CAN SAY IS ALL ENCORE
BUYERS ARE SUCKERS

The new player will be a Progressive Scan model, so it is envisaged the picture will be as bright and shiny as a new pin.

Still waiting for confirmation of release date, tho` led to believe it will be available alongside the 450, rather than as a direct replacement.

What the hell are you going on about smiffy! You`re going on as if there has never been a new/updated model of an existing product!
No product is perfect and so it makes sense to improve upon them or add features for an increased price and a different market.

Chill dude, and by the way if you`re wondering how some of these letters are in lower case I`ll let you in on a little secret there`s a button labled "Caps Lock" it lets you change letters to lowercase - cool huh!.

007.

This item was edited on Tuesday, 9th January 2001, 23:35

I bet that doesnt have an ESS chip in it CLayts:P

if it does the the progressive scan will sjow the artifacts more clearly!

not a dig just a fact!

The new one won`t be based on another company`s design (i.e. Sampo) so hopefully they`ll get an improved chipset. (Please ????)

this smiffy dosent give up does he
bet he knows nout about encore well i cant get my phonotrend exchanged today not to worry i am expecting a nice new shiny encore by the end of the month ............
a question for clayts ???????????/
clayts my dvd dealer says the new encore comes with some kinda new picture some enhancement any idea what it is called or what does it do
cheers

Yeah, the new Encore comes with a gizmo called `progressive scan` which (without going into too much detail) gives a cracking picture. Not sure what the model name and number is as yet. (I`ve written to my `source` at Encore Direct about this, so you`ll know when I know, Lawless)

However, as Dukeyboy points out, it`s all well and good having the facility as long as the chipset isn`t blinkin` ESS again !!!

Read number 1.40 for details of progressive scan at :

http://www.dvd.reviewer.co.uk/info/recfaq.asp#1.40

This item was edited on Wednesday, 10th January 2001, 23:06

I dont wish to p*** on yer parade clayts....................yes I do:P

but I think progressive scan has some thing to do with the TV`s resollution.

Have you noticed that DVD menu images have a very slight flicker up close, this is because the TV is showing a high resollution image.

A progressive scan DVD player on really works at its best with an expensive progressive scan TV clayts:((

I think the americans call this HDTV.

Cost yer a grand for one of these TV`s

HDTV and progressive scan are different - HDTV refers to the resolution whereas Progressive scan means that there is no interlacing.

A PAL tv image is refreshed 50 times a second - but the frame rate is only 25 frames a second. basically each frame is split into two "fields" of interlacing lines - this is that flicker you can see on static images.

Progressive scan outputs every line one after the other with no interlacing - hence none of that flicker. I`ve not seen a TV with this but they`re definately very expensive tho people say the difference is quite noticable.

in fact the only TV i can think of with progressive scan is that HUGE toshiba one, the 10grand jobby.... eek. though all players SHOULD be able to do it... it`s not that hard.

The New BIGASS HItachi do Progressive Scan, so I gather you are not going to get much benefit without a PS TV?