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All of these ads for upconverting dvd players state "near HD quality"; I have a Samsung 50" plasma(720 resolution) which has a terrific pix, even with standard dvd, but my Samsung player doesn't upconvert. Thinking about buying one that does(have no interest in HD players until the format issue is settled, if ever)...but wondering how much of a difference in quality will I see? An Oppo, for instance, as I'm sure not all upconverting units are not the same.
John
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The better Denons have broadcast quality upscaling so the picture you get is basically as good as most HD content broadcast by TV studios since I gather most HD programmes are in fact upscaled SD.
The fact the programmers won't reveal how much content is upscaled says a lot.
DVDs upscaled via any Denon which uses the Realta chip are definitely good enough to make you forget about HD DVD or BluRay until the smoke clears, and should be a significant upgrade over you Samsung player.
Best Regards,
Chris redmond.
Your Samsung DVD player may not upconvert but your 720p TV does, and it does it automatically if you feed it a standard definition signal. That means you're already watching your standard DVDs, and standard definition TV broadcasts also, upconverted to 720p. If you get an upconverting DVD player and it has a better upconversion chip than your TV, you may see a slight improvement. If it has a worse upconversion chip than your TV and you use the player to do the upconversion your picture quality may actually get worse.
That means the short answer to your question is that you will see little difference since what you're watching is already upconverted. Depending on the quality of the player, an upconverting player may give you a slight increase or decrease in picture quality.
David Aiken
I have a 58-inch 720p plasma set with a very fine picture. Upconverted DVD with my Oppo 970HD player looks comparable to a lot of the HD material coming over satellite, but it is not as good as the top quality HD material coming over the satellite. That means it is very, very good. If I walked into the room with an upconverted DVD playing, I probably would have to look at it for a bit to be sure it wasn't some random HD broadcast. I would know immediately it wasn't the highest quality HD, which is simply stunning. It is far better than standard DVD.
To put it another way, I find upconverted DVD good enough that it considerably weakens any drive to buy a HD player of some kind. Oppos are so cheap and seem to do such a good job that I think it's hard to go wrong. I think they have something like a 30-day return policy if you don't like it.
Hope this helps.
Joe
Since your TV is upscaling your DVDs to 720, how much of an improvement, if any, will depend on the player. Oppos aren't bad, and odds are you'll see some improvement. I can't say how much, or if it will be important to you, but Oppo does have a trial period.
Jack
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