Bobby A
I went to purchase a Dvd player it said something to the affect of upscale 1080 or something what does this mean. Does anyone know what is planned for the future of electronics. I want to purchase a new tv do I need a flat screen. Will this dvd player i mentioned be phased out soon? What is my best option for purchasing new electronics? What product name is the best?
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Upscale to 1080p means that the player interpolates your regular DVD's and sends a 1080p or 1080i signal to your TV. You would have to have a 1080p TV to take advantage of this. Blue-ray DVD players also do up conversion, regular DVD's may be phased out in favor of blue ray disks ...good brands include but are not limited to Sony Samsung JVC Sharp depends on what your getting into also Denon makes excellent HT Recievers while I wouldn't buy a sony reciever myself but their TV's are excelent Denon does not make TV's...so you just need to do the reasearch man...try Cnet; ZDnet; hometheater review and other places like that on line to get the info on the top brands.
Upscale to 1080p means that the player interpolates your regular DVD's and sends a 1080p or 1080i signal to your TV. You would have to have a 1080p TV to take advantage of this. Blue-ray DVD players also do up conversion, regular DVD's may be phased out in favor of blue ray disks ...good brands include but are not limited to Sony Samsung JVC Sharp depends on what your getting into also Denon makes excellent HT Recievers while I wouldn't buy a sony reciever myself but their TV's are excelent Denon does not make TV's...so you just need to do the reasearch man...try Cnet; ZDnet; hometheater review and other places like that on line to get the info on the top brands.
Upscaling DVD Player?
skistar42
We are looking to buy a 1080p HDTV and don't want to make the switch to Blu-Ray so we are looking into DVD Upconverters. I have a few Questions. When I look at the product pages for players online, I see "1080p Upscaling DVD player" but when I look at online reviews I see "This DVD player is equipped with progressive scan". So will these DVD players really make regular DVD's look 1080p? I have also heard that TV's can Upscale DVD's to 1080p or whatever their native resolution is. So if they upconvert, what's the point in buying a Upconverting DVD Player?
Here's one I was looking at. could you tell me if it will upconvert a regular DVD to true 1080p?
http://www.amazon.com/Philips-DVP5982-1080p-Upscaling-Player/dp/B000N254LU/ref=pd_sim_e?ie=UTF8&qid=1204232944&sr=1-1
And the TV I was looking. Will this upconvert to 1080p by itself?
http://www.amazon.com/Westinghouse-TX-42F430S-1080p-LCD-HDTV/dp/B000NIDJ3E/ref=sr_1_22?ie=UTF8&s=audio-video&qid=1204233275&sr=1-22
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There are "upconverters" and "scalers". The scalers will give you a much better picture than the upconverters. The other the thing to remember is that sometimes the TV has the better "upconverter/scaler" and sometimes the DVD player has the better upconverter/scaler.
If I were you, I'd spend the money on an HDTV with superior upconverting/scaling capabilities and stick with an "average" DVD player. The extra green spent on your TV will make ALL of your video sources look better. And you might reconsider the Blu-ray Disc. You can get a decent player for around $300. The audio alone is worth the price of admission.
There are "upconverters" and "scalers". The scalers will give you a much better picture than the upconverters. The other the thing to remember is that sometimes the TV has the better "upconverter/scaler" and sometimes the DVD player has the better upconverter/scaler.
If I were you, I'd spend the money on an HDTV with superior upconverting/scaling capabilities and stick with an "average" DVD player. The extra green spent on your TV will make ALL of your video sources look better. And you might reconsider the Blu-ray Disc. You can get a decent player for around $300. The audio alone is worth the price of admission.
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