Puzzled about Upconverting DVD Player (1 Viewer)

[jasm]

I have seen a few Upconverting HDMI DVD Players about. I' have also seen Upconverting receivers now too.
Do the receivers do the same thing the dvd's do?
What would happen if you hooked an upconverting DVD player to an upconverting receiver? Would it up convert it twice?
ty

 

[John Garcia]

No. Once it is at that resolution, there is nothing to upconvert. While I'm sure both are doing the same thing, my guess is a receiver isn't going to do as good a job as a decent upconverting player.

 

[Inspector Hammer!]

Agreed. I also try never to route my video through another device if I can avoid it, a straight feed to the monitor is always recommended.

 

[jasm]

The salesman to-day tells me you must use HDMI for upconverting, The dvd player I looked at had hdmi and componant video. My tv is componant only.
Is this right?
wont the upconverting work with my system??
ty

 

[JeremyErwin]

Very few players upconvert over component. Most use DVI or HDMI, since it can be encrypted. Something about licensing terms.

 

[John Garcia]

Yep, you'll have to find out if that player specifically is capable of upconverting via component, which as Jeremey mentioned, most do not.

Note also that the term "upconvert" on some receivers is used incorrectly, where most only transcode, or take the signal from other types of connections (s-vid, component, etc...) and take it to DVI/HDMI. There is no actual upconversion of the video.