The DV-BD606 is by no means a bad Blu-ray player, as its picture quality is terrific, but as with several other players on the market we have to question the lack of BD Live on a relatively expensive player, as well as the lack of proper support for Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD Master Audio for people whose receivers don't boast the relevant decoding.
Truth be told, players like the LG BD300, and Panasonic DMP-BD55 feel like much better value for money, and the Onkyo's pictures aren't sufficiently impressive to recommend it over the Pioneer BDP-51FD either. It is, however, marginally preferable to the Denon DVD-1800BD thanks to the addition of an optical digital output and the fact that you can find the Onkyo slightly cheaper online.
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