Which player: PS3 or the Sony BDP-S300? (1 Viewer)

[Gary Shipley]

As far as the PS3 goes I have a question. Is it the 80 gig PS3 only that upconverts , and not the 40 gig? And , is the upconversion on the 80 gig really that good? I've only seen 1 post in this thread commenting on the quality of the upconversion and I'd like to hear some more. I have a lot of standard dvds and quality upconversion is a HUGE selling point for me.

 

[BrettB]

Every PS3 ever made upconverts. As to the quality of upconvert the general concensus is that the PS3 is one of the better.

 

[Gary Shipley]

Thats good to know. The only reason I questioned this is because of what I read in another thread here in the HD section. Someone asked about using the PS3 as a Blu-Ray player in their theater and it was stated that,yes, it should work fine as long as you don't need upconversion for dvds. Thats why I was asking. I will definately keep it in mind. I want to wait and see what kind of reviews the Panasonic BD50 gets.

 

[ManW_TheUncool]

Hehheh. The context of that Q&A was for analog component video output, not HDMI. They all upconvert via HDMI, but not via component out, which is how nearly all upconverting players work.

_Man_

 

[Gary Shipley]

My mistake. I misread the thread. I do have a question though , since you seem to have considerable knowledge on upconversion and hd in general. My projector (Sanyo PLV 60HT) is about 5 years old and of course, does not have HDMI inputs. S-video and component only. I do want to upgrade my current dvd player to a Blu-Ray by the end of the year , but don't really want to get rid of the projector as of yet. So, since I will not be able to upconvert without HDMI , will I see any kind of improvement playing my SD dvd's on a Blu-Ray player? Or will they pretty much look the same as they do on my current dvd player?

 

[Marc_Sulinski]

How does the PS3 compare to the Sony 500? I would love to get the PS3, but I really want analog audio outputs, as my receiver does not have HDMI connections, and I do not plan on getting a new one anytime soon.

Thanks