Bill R
i was at wallmart last night and i came across what the lable called an upconvert DVD it claimed to get regular DVDs up 1080p. Now if it can get things up to 1080p does that mean it will play Blue Rays? Will my TV benifit from this? my TV is a Sanyo 26" HDTV with 720p. do these things acualy work or are they a scam? at walmart they were 50 bucks that seems a little to good to be true for a some thing that can get to 1080p!
Answer
If you want the highest level of performance from older-generation DVD-Video discs the best up-converting DVD players are nonpareil.
When it comes to digital video disc players you basically have two major groups of up-converting disc players from which to choose: (a) high-definition, i.e., Blu-ray Disc (as well as the now defunct HD DVD,) and (b) non-Blu-ray Disc, non-HD DVD up-converting video disc players. Regardless of whether you choose an up-converting video disc player from group (a) or group (b), hands-down the very best up-converting video disc players on the market today are produced by OPPO Digital.
The following is intended to help you choose the digital video disc player thatâs best for you. If you spend a fair amount of time watching DVD movies on a reasonably decent display (your Sanyo HDTV is sufficient)âand video image quality is paramountâthen I highly recommend you seriously consider purchasing a high performance up-converting DVD player such as one of the models from OPPO Digital. HOWEVER⦠if youâre eager to take the plunge into the world of Blu-ray, and you spend little time watching movies on standard DVD-Video discs and/or you have a fairly small movie collection on DVD-Video, or you feel that the OPPO DVD players are beyond your budget, and youâre not a videophile who is prone to obsessing over obtaining the nth degree of performance from your DVD-Video disc collection, then you may be better-off purchasing a Blu-ray Disc player. The bottom line: if you donât have a significant investment in DVD-Video discs and/or youâre unwilling to purchase an OPPO DVD player then you should consider purchasing a good quality Blu-ray Disc player.
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Getting the Most out of DVD on an HDTV Display
http://www.oppodigital.com/Getting-Most-out-of-DVD-on-HDTV-Display.html
OPPO Digital Up-Converting DVD Players
http://www.oppodigital.com
News and Press Coverage
http://www.oppodigital.com/press/
Oppo Digital DV-983H DVD Player - A Secrets DVD Player Benchmark Review
http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/cd-dvd-player-product-reviews/dvd-players/oppo-digital-dv-983h-dvd-player---a-secrets-dvd-benchmark-review.html
Oppo Digital DV-983H DVD Player - The Rest of the Story
http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/dvd-player-and-cd-player-reviews/dvd-players/oppo-digital-dv-983h-dvd-player---the-rest-of-the-story.html
Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity
The SECRETS DVD Player Benchmark
http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/primers/the-dvd-benchmark/
The SECRETS DVD Player Benchmark Results (warning page size is ~2.8 MB)
http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/cgi-bin/shootout.cgi?function=search&articles=all
An Overachiever Among Overachievers - OPPO Digital DV-983H
http://magazine.playbackmag.net/playback/200807web/?folio=219
HDTVexpert :: OPPO Digital DV-983H Scaling DVD Player
http://www.hdtvexpert.com/pages_c/OPPO_DV-983H.html
OPPO DV-983H 1080p Up-Converting Universal DVD Player
http://www.hdtvmagazine.com/reviews/2008/03/oppo_dv-983h_1080p_up-converting_universal_dvd_player.php
Oppo DV-983H Flagship Universal DVD Player Review
http://www.audioholics.com/reviews/transports/dvd-players/oppo-dv-983h
HDTV Solutions OPPO DV-983H DVD Player Review (pages 1 thru 3)
http://www.hdtvsolutions.com/OPPO_DV-983H_DVD_Player_Review.htm?print=1
http://www.hdtvsolutions.com/OPPO_DV-983H_DVD_Player_Review2.htm?print=1
http://www.hdtvsolutions.com/OPPO_DV-983H_DVD_Player_Review3.htm?print=1
Where do you go to find out detail information about Blu-ray players?
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080519122438AAPLoMx
Whats a good DVD for home theater testing?
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;?qid=20071220105928AAsQCd4
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If you want the highest level of performance from older-generation DVD-Video discs the best up-converting DVD players are nonpareil.
When it comes to digital video disc players you basically have two major groups of up-converting disc players from which to choose: (a) high-definition, i.e., Blu-ray Disc (as well as the now defunct HD DVD,) and (b) non-Blu-ray Disc, non-HD DVD up-converting video disc players. Regardless of whether you choose an up-converting video disc player from group (a) or group (b), hands-down the very best up-converting video disc players on the market today are produced by OPPO Digital.
The following is intended to help you choose the digital video disc player thatâs best for you. If you spend a fair amount of time watching DVD movies on a reasonably decent display (your Sanyo HDTV is sufficient)âand video image quality is paramountâthen I highly recommend you seriously consider purchasing a high performance up-converting DVD player such as one of the models from OPPO Digital. HOWEVER⦠if youâre eager to take the plunge into the world of Blu-ray, and you spend little time watching movies on standard DVD-Video discs and/or you have a fairly small movie collection on DVD-Video, or you feel that the OPPO DVD players are beyond your budget, and youâre not a videophile who is prone to obsessing over obtaining the nth degree of performance from your DVD-Video disc collection, then you may be better-off purchasing a Blu-ray Disc player. The bottom line: if you donât have a significant investment in DVD-Video discs and/or youâre unwilling to purchase an OPPO DVD player then you should consider purchasing a good quality Blu-ray Disc player.
################ RESOURCES ################
Getting the Most out of DVD on an HDTV Display
http://www.oppodigital.com/Getting-Most-out-of-DVD-on-HDTV-Display.html
OPPO Digital Up-Converting DVD Players
http://www.oppodigital.com
News and Press Coverage
http://www.oppodigital.com/press/
Oppo Digital DV-983H DVD Player - A Secrets DVD Player Benchmark Review
http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/cd-dvd-player-product-reviews/dvd-players/oppo-digital-dv-983h-dvd-player---a-secrets-dvd-benchmark-review.html
Oppo Digital DV-983H DVD Player - The Rest of the Story
http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/dvd-player-and-cd-player-reviews/dvd-players/oppo-digital-dv-983h-dvd-player---the-rest-of-the-story.html
Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity
The SECRETS DVD Player Benchmark
http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/primers/the-dvd-benchmark/
The SECRETS DVD Player Benchmark Results (warning page size is ~2.8 MB)
http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/cgi-bin/shootout.cgi?function=search&articles=all
An Overachiever Among Overachievers - OPPO Digital DV-983H
http://magazine.playbackmag.net/playback/200807web/?folio=219
HDTVexpert :: OPPO Digital DV-983H Scaling DVD Player
http://www.hdtvexpert.com/pages_c/OPPO_DV-983H.html
OPPO DV-983H 1080p Up-Converting Universal DVD Player
http://www.hdtvmagazine.com/reviews/2008/03/oppo_dv-983h_1080p_up-converting_universal_dvd_player.php
Oppo DV-983H Flagship Universal DVD Player Review
http://www.audioholics.com/reviews/transports/dvd-players/oppo-dv-983h
HDTV Solutions OPPO DV-983H DVD Player Review (pages 1 thru 3)
http://www.hdtvsolutions.com/OPPO_DV-983H_DVD_Player_Review.htm?print=1
http://www.hdtvsolutions.com/OPPO_DV-983H_DVD_Player_Review2.htm?print=1
http://www.hdtvsolutions.com/OPPO_DV-983H_DVD_Player_Review3.htm?print=1
Where do you go to find out detail information about Blu-ray players?
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080519122438AAPLoMx
Whats a good DVD for home theater testing?
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;?qid=20071220105928AAsQCd4
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If I burn a Region 2 DVD does it become region-free?
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I've searched on Yahoo Answers and every answer seems to be links to guides on how to burn DVDs. I know how to burn a DVD. I simply want to know if it automatically becomes region free when I make a burnt copy or what exactly I have to do to make it region free. I don't want to know all the other steps of burning - just how to get it region free so it would play on my DVD player.
"If you're trying to play a formerly region 2 disc on a region 1 player, it still may not work because Europe (and others) uses the PAL video format while North America (and others) uses the NTSC format. If this is the case, you'll have to either get a player that can handle PAL or completely remake the dvd."
How will I know if it won't work? It definitely is PAL. And how would I "completely remake the dvd"?
Answer
The software used to rip/decrypt the original dvd can remove the region coding as it copies if you turn that feature on (or you can use DVDShrink later as Sniper said). The writing (burning) to a new disc doesn't do anything with it.
If you're trying to play a formerly region 2 disc on a region 1 player, it still may not work because Europe (and others) uses the PAL video format while North America (and others) uses the NTSC format. If this is the case, you'll have to either get a player that can handle PAL or completely remake the dvd.
---Edit (after additional details)---
PAL dvd movies are usually 720x576 pixels at 25 frames/sec while NTSC is 720x480 at (approx.) 30 fps (PAL dvd's are also usually speed up including audio pitch by 4% but that's another matter..). Only some North American players can play PAL (and output NTSC on the fly). From what I've read, it seems Philips players and some LG are good for this. You can find out if it'll work, of course, by putting the disc in the player and seeing if the movie plays :) Or check online if anyone's posted information about your player model. Searching here is a good place to start: http://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers (sometimes region-free codes will be posted there too if someone knows one). If it's not there, google the make and model number and "play PAL" or similar. The forums at videohelp.com may have some discussions on cheap PAL-playing players too (or make an account and ask). I have an older Sony player that will not play PAL at all (it gives a region code error message which really isn't accurate but anyway..) and a Magnavox dvd recorder that plays PAL but it's choppy.
By remake the dvd, I mean create a new dvd using dvd-authoring software with the movie as input. If the software can do this (and it should if it's the all-in-one type like DVD Flick), it will be re-encoded but with NTSC properties. Hopefully the video quality won't suffer too much in the conversion.
The software used to rip/decrypt the original dvd can remove the region coding as it copies if you turn that feature on (or you can use DVDShrink later as Sniper said). The writing (burning) to a new disc doesn't do anything with it.
If you're trying to play a formerly region 2 disc on a region 1 player, it still may not work because Europe (and others) uses the PAL video format while North America (and others) uses the NTSC format. If this is the case, you'll have to either get a player that can handle PAL or completely remake the dvd.
---Edit (after additional details)---
PAL dvd movies are usually 720x576 pixels at 25 frames/sec while NTSC is 720x480 at (approx.) 30 fps (PAL dvd's are also usually speed up including audio pitch by 4% but that's another matter..). Only some North American players can play PAL (and output NTSC on the fly). From what I've read, it seems Philips players and some LG are good for this. You can find out if it'll work, of course, by putting the disc in the player and seeing if the movie plays :) Or check online if anyone's posted information about your player model. Searching here is a good place to start: http://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers (sometimes region-free codes will be posted there too if someone knows one). If it's not there, google the make and model number and "play PAL" or similar. The forums at videohelp.com may have some discussions on cheap PAL-playing players too (or make an account and ask). I have an older Sony player that will not play PAL at all (it gives a region code error message which really isn't accurate but anyway..) and a Magnavox dvd recorder that plays PAL but it's choppy.
By remake the dvd, I mean create a new dvd using dvd-authoring software with the movie as input. If the software can do this (and it should if it's the all-in-one type like DVD Flick), it will be re-encoded but with NTSC properties. Hopefully the video quality won't suffer too much in the conversion.
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