Upconveting Sony DVD Player

Edvardis · 02-10-2007, 02:10 PM

Folk's,
I'm green when it comes to this stuff.
So..........My tv is a 04' Sony70" xbr and I'm in the market for a new DVD player. I'm looking at a Sony product that upconverts to 1080i and 720p(?). Will there be a marked improvement from my old 480p dvd player. Thanks in advance for any comments.

Alon Goldberg · 02-10-2007, 02:36 PM

Hi Edvardis - Seeing as the video processor in your new XBR is very good, you'll likely get a better picture by keeping your existing Progressive Scan DVD Player and letting your TV do the video scaling, as opposed to purchasing a budget Upconverting DVD Player and letting the player do the scaling.

That being said, what model DVD player do you currently own and what model are you looking at?

ChrisClearman · 02-10-2007, 03:25 PM

Try it, but I don't think you'll see a big difference. Go buy the Sony 75 at your local store. It's a good budget upconverter over HDMI.

My Sony TV upconverts so well on it's own that I don't see a big difference between $70 and $400 players.

Arthur S · 02-10-2007, 10:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChrisClearman

Try it, but I don't think you'll see a big difference. Go buy the Sony 75 at your local store. It's a good budget upconverter over HDMI.

My Sony TV upconverts so well on it's own that I don't see a big difference between $70 and $400 players.

Hi Edvardis

I am with ChrisClearman on this.

Joseph DeMartino · 02-10-2007, 10:51 PM

Quote:

My Sony TV upconverts so well on it's own that I don't see a big difference between $70 and $400 players.

Same with my JVC TV. My Sony DVD player upconverts over HDMI and I can't tell the difference between the HDMI (Sony upconversion) and component (JVC upconversion) when playing the same disc. I've connected other players with the same result.

Regards,

Joe

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Chris Gerhard · 02-11-2007, 01:24 PM

I have the Sony DVP-NS75H and two HD displays I have used it with, a Sony KV-30XBR910 30" CRT and Panasonic PT-L500U 720p LCD projector. I think it is a very good budget player and upscaling provides a tiny improvement with the CRT and more noticeable improvement with the projector. There is some benefit to having the player scale rather than the display. I have several other inexpensive upscaling players with similar results. I have never tried an expensive upscaling player to see if the benefit improves relative to the price, but I am very skeptical. I am a big fan of upscaling DVD but don't claim the difference is great, just worthwhile.

Chris

Edvardis · 02-12-2007, 04:23 PM

Thanks everybody for all the input. I'm in the market because my Samsung is freezing up on me. For the relative low cost of the Sony unit which upscales, I think I'm going to pull the trigger on one of them and stay within the brand of my TV. Any last thought on which Sony to go with?
Thanks again....Ed



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