Compared to most DVD players today, the Yamaha 6480 is built like a battleship. Most new players have minimal weight and look cheap. This player has a high quality power supply that adds to its weight and all its mechanical operations are very quiet and smooth. I'll break down the operation of this player into seperate catagories.

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The DCDi de-interlacer that is so prominently displayed on the front panel silk screens is used for video source material and is not used for film source materials. Unless you play back video source dvd's this should not be a huge factor. The built in De-Interlacer provides crystal clear images with no flicker or distortions. There is no "Chroma Bug" that so many players seem to have and many home theater review sites mention. Compared to the JVC FA95GD, the Yamaha 6480 has far better color saturation and picture stability, very comparable to high end panasonic players, but with sharper image quality. The pause during layer changes is almost... Read more

Died with the HO2 Error within 2.5 years. Yamaha basically says we're out of luck...

As long as it lasted, I was happy about this purchase.

This morning I woke up with a HO2 error, and it doesn't seem to work anymore. I bought this DVD player 2.1 years ago. I wish it would have lasted longer.

Now I am browsing to see what to buy next. I doubt it will be another Yamaha player, if this affects all the players.