NeuNeo HVD2085 DVD Player Review
Posted on 2005-12-02 20:38:30 by LSDsmurfNo sooner had our Oppo Digital OPDV971H DVD player review been posted that we had Neo Digits knocking on our door wanting to send us an evaluation unit. This time around Neo Digits is trying to make a mark with their new NeuNeo HVD2085 DVD player. Capable of up-converting DVD video output to HDTV resolutions including 1080p, this is another player you may want to consider when shopping this holiday season. The NeuNeo HVD2085 DVD player has an MSRP of $249 and can be found for purchase directly from the company's website.
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| Re: NeuNeo HVD2085 DVD Player by Anonymous on Friday, May 26 2006 @ 8:56 CEST |
| review title: NeuNeo HVD2085 Player Skips & Stutters Its Way Into the Garbage Bin! I made the mistake of purchasing the subject player from divxcanada.com ( never buy from them, they don't stand behind their products! ) and have viewed it on the following sets at 720p and 1080i ( 1080p never worked ) over component video: toshiba 50HX70, rear projection CRT toshiba 72MX195, DLP I've set up the subject player using the THX optimizer test patterns for contrast and grey scale. I've observed the following serious problems, or deficiencies: - on source video that is dark like; room interiors, caves, night the video this player produces is an unwatchable mass of black with very little visible detail ( observed in several movies but very noticeable in Raiders of the Lost Arc opening scenes, etc ). - player will not display 1080p on my 1080p capable toshiba 72MX195. No help on this problem ever arrived from the socalled Neodigit technical support. They blamed the TV and just had no clue as to what to do. - player "skipped" a minute of the arrival in venice in Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade. It did this repeatedly. I was not able to watch that minute of the movie. Then, through out venice, and after, the movie would stutter over seconds of video. It would also lose video and audio sync ( voice and mouth movement would not match ). Update: Skipping and stuttering is a very serious problem with this machine. The move FARGO was unwatchable. Whole sections of this movie were skipped over by this machine. I call it the undocumented DVD random scene editing feature. I am astonished at how badly the HVD2085 player performs on video that is dark. Of the several DVD players I've had ranging from $25 to $600, i.e.: several toshibas, an apex, a koch, and the panasonic RP-91, this NeuNeo player is by far the worst I've ever seen when it comes to reproducing blacks and dark scenes in general. The remote is weak, difficult to use, and generally the worst remote I've ever tried to use. Contacting Neodigits technical support was equally frustrating. I sent them an email, waited for two weeks, and recieved no reply. Two months into owning this piece of crap player the dvd reader died. Given the above it's not even worth attempting to get repaired; if that's even possible given NueNeo's bad technical support. The failure of the HVD2085 has been a blessing in disguise; I've since purchased an OPPO OPDV971H and have been extremely pleased with its performance! Conclusion: Avoid this player and this company. |