DVD and AV partners for Pioneer 4280 plasma

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Having recently bought a Pio 4280 (which is quite simply the best thing I have bought) I am looking to ensure I have a DVD and AV package to do it justice. What would you recommend?

Whilst I am tempted by a blu ray player I am slightly worried by the load times of these players. Hence I would be interested in views of whether to stick with SD up sclaed DVD or go true HD DVD.

I currently have:

Denon 1910 DVD player (however I use a Thor scart connection as the player is only DVI and I am not that impress with the DVI on my old LCD TV)

Denon 1705 AV receiver (not sure if this is that great)

Kef 2005.2 speakers (Gale SYMPHONY 400 speaker cable)

 

[Clare Newsome]

Great TV!

What's your budget for home cinema kit?

 

[Anonymous]

The eternal question! I want to get something in the league of the TV and speakers which I perceive to sufficiently classy/in an equal league. It is the DVD/AV/cables that are my concern. Lets say 750-800. But happy to be guided.

Also I am not ruling out selling the lot (ex. TV of course) if there is a classy 2.1 system out them.

 

[Clare Newsome]

OK, at that budget we'd recommend the Panasonic DMP-BD30 Blu-ray player (@£300); Onkyo TX-SR605 receiver (£400), Chord Silver Plus HDMI (@£80) and Chord Silver Screen speaker cable (£5/m). That should do you!

 

[Anonymous]

Tks.

Do you think the Panasonic is as good at playing upscaled SD DVDs as other non HD DVD players? I was slightly put off by the load times in the recent HD supplement.

Is there an alternative DVD player out there that I would of missed out on due to the budget constraint?