I get overwhelmed and say I won't research then get sucked into it. I'm starting to make spur of the moment purchases which has sometimes had a happy outcome for me other times were regrettable.

Was going to post this under a Prog. Player Recommendations topic but..

Had a Pioneer DV-C302D 3 disc changer, and it has been a trooper. Had a few miniscule 'skippy' moments but its pretty much handled everything thrown at it. Double duty as CD/DVD player.

Passing by a Tweeters I entered (whoops) wanting an accessory. All the sudden I had an irresistible impulse to see what a Progressive player would look like on our new Sony LCD. (Ever had that urge?) I asked the salesman to recommend since I had not pulled up anything yet on Prog. players. My criteria were based on the fact that:
I'm happy with the Outlaw sound and did not care to pay for High-end Audio capabilities in it. Have spent some $lately and figured I might make this an intern purchase and told the guy point to the best video stats. not worrying about the audio side of it.
Came home with the Sony 12 bit 108 MHz DVP-NS715P.

Gladiator immediately showed remarkable improvement: background in scenes I previously thought were smoky or 'depth of field' out of focus in the opening battle became detailed. Very Nice improvements. Then inserted an old favorite Jeremiah Johnson, luckily this is a dialogue slim movie because the lips keep moving after the audio has played (no sync).
After a very quick glance in the manual, I cannot see that I have adjustments for this problem. Then with a few more discs, Pitch Black, etc, have had some major 'skip' incidences, and a few 'hangs' for seconds at a time. Next day I was quizzing the salesman where I returned a cable and he said players do sometimes have issues with sync which are not user resolvable.

Obviously there was more to factor in my Progressive player purchase than I had realized.

I'm thinking (sensitive to skip alone) this player will prob. be returned.
After a quick scan of HTF, became interested in an upcoming Panasonic DVD-RP82?
What caught my attention quickly is that it was suggested it will have the same 'scale' abilities as the RP91? Users� stating this is of more importance for a 16.9 set which 'locks' into Full on HD. (my current Sony)
I see that again......(bleeped for good taste) there is so much to learn. Any thoughts to share?


(I worried about finding the receipt, which I usually toss after a DVD has been played, and I think I Pd cash, but I'm going to 'try' at BB's. They can see it has not been abused.)