NAD's BD-Live-enabled T587 Blu-ray deck heads to Canada for $1,600
By Darren Murph 
posted Nov 30th 2008 9:44AM
posted Nov 30th 2008 9:44AM
posted Nov 30th 2008 9:44AM
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If you knew how easily we sell the $1,000 Denon BD deck, you would not doubt this product - they will sell plenty.
The Audio section of the NAD is most likely superior to the lower priced BD decks. And I'd think it would do a better job of with standard DVD's. If you have a real nice Home theater system I can see why you may buy this BD player.
This is obviously a audiophile/videophile product, hard to compare it to a $300 model. it is meant to go into a custom install demanding the best audio and video. granted the video quality of most Blu-Ray players is similar, but the handling and decoding of audio is vip.
that said, if you have a high end pre-amp or receiver it is likely you will use that D/A converter instead of the one onboard your blu-ray player. though, if not, having an awesome D/A converter onboard your player will help.
It had better come with lifetime free Netflix.
wait....what?
Who cares about the audio section of a BD player? Anyone who would think about this has a MUCH better audio amp that decodes all this stuff anyway. Might as well put an ATSC tuner in it.
who carea about the audio section of a BD player?? How about DTS HD and Dolby True HD? Not all digital format are equal and neither are players. NAD still makes a 2500$ Masters DVD player, so do most high-end audio company. It's ok that Sony and Panasonic players are cheap, it will help the format but higher end companies will make better players. A 1600$ Bluray that goes with a 3000$ receiver makes sense.
It's a shame that Engadget always snicker at anything expensive and good quality... not everyone should by a Viewsonic plasma hooked up with an Oppo player. Especially when it comes to Blu-ray, it's a STEP UP from DVD. If you don't need the best, stick to 480p DVD playing out of your TV speakers....... If you want the best image and sound, then a good Bluray player, good HDMI cable, good plasma or project, good receiver and speakers are all needed for a full expenrience.
Tired, I completely agree. Engadget needs to get over its bias against higher priced electronics. Rather than doing some journalistic investigation to find out what might be better about this NAD player, they make fun of the price tag and hit "submit". Engadget, we deserve better.
HDMI is a high jitter interface. The multichannel output of a good BD player like Denon's 3800 sounds better than its using its HDMI output. The same will be true with the NAD. If all someone buys is the cheapest BD player, then sure HDMI is the way to go, but HDMI isn't the highest quality audio interface, so the analog section matters.
Re: Tired
Yes, I am sick of people that have a fettish with the cheapest possible stuff. When you have to cut everything except the absolute necessary parts, you end up with something that is on the edge of failure (there is NOTHING more than is needed, no reserves, extra protection, etc.)
The best things I have purchased in life, such as my Primare 2-channel gear, are the things that bring me the most joy (for material possessions). Water, tofu, and a rectal vitamin is enough to keep you alive, but you would probably be pretty miserable.
Enjoy life people, buying the cheapest stuff from the biggest assembly line is probably not going to do that.
ChuckDaly, that is a good theory. However the new NAD doesn't have multichannel analog outputs. It does internally decode all the new codecs but to PCMI over HDMI. It's also a rebadged Panasonic.
So buy the Panasonic. There is literally no difference.