Any FullHD players or only upscaling? (1 Viewer)

[Steve Jordi]

Hi,

I'm a bit confused now I think about getting an BluRay player...

Just got my new Panasonic FullHD plasma TV and was looking around to get a Blu-Ray player.

Most of the ones I see all speak about 1080p upscaling.

 

So I was wondering "Are Blu-Ray discs only 720 or are they FullHD in 1920x1080"?

 

Now, if Blu-Ray discs are FullHD, do I need a specific player that says "fullHD" or is an "upscaling" player able to take profit of native FullHD resolution?

Upscaling tells me it's a "loss of quality" since additional information can't be created from missing info.

 

Thanks for any light on this as I am not able to sort the information I find here and there.

 

Steve

 

[gene c]

I think pretty much all BluRay discs are 1080P. At least I've never heard of a 720P BR disc.

 

The reason BluRay players are up-scaling is their ability to take a standard 480P discs to "near HD quality".

 

[Steve Jordi]

Ha ok then,

upscaling is for regular non HD discs in that case?

If this is right, I'll go ahead and buy my player.

Thanks for the help

 

[gene c]

Yes, up-scaling is for regular non-HD discs. BTW, your new Panasonic is only capable of displaying a 1080P signal so it will also up-convert any other signal you send it. How good the picture will look depends on how good the up-scaler is. Not all are created equal.

 

Get that BluRay player. The real 1080P picture is fantastic!