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I'm looking for something that upconverts standard dvd to 720p. I have an Oppo, and it's a bit twitchy for me.
Any suggestions? I wouldn't want to go much beyond $400, otherwise we're getting into HD/BLU territory which I'm going to wait on for another year.
All comments welcome..
-M
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component if you want.
region free also.
To be honest, the best place for video info is avsforum.com.
There are loads of posts there about the Denons and other upconvert SD DVD players. One can easily spend lots of time just reading posts on the Denons, some over 1000 on a particular player. Also for the Oppos!
If you're making use of the PAL or PAL-to-NTSC-conversion capabilities of the Oppo, you're not likely to find any other upconverting DVD player that does as capable of a job.
If you're only using NTSC Region 1 discs, take a look at the Toshiba HD-A2. Yes, it's HD DVD, but it's only $299 (list), and as 4season said, you don't have to use the HD DVD capability if you don't want. It's an excellent upconverting DVD player.
I have one, for its region free abilities, as well as its upscaling. My Toshiba HD-A1 is better at upscaling, but the Oppo is OK. AS previously mentioned, th HD-A20 is in that price range, and a very good upscaler-you don't even have to get any HD DVDs if you don't want.
Jack
The Toshiba HD-A20 sells for under $400, and it can be set for 480p, 720p or 1080p output (via HDMI), and standard DVDs look magnificent when upscaled. In fact, I mostly bought it as a high quality DVD player: The high definition part was a bonus. "Boot" time is around 40 seconds, after which it behaves like any other DVD player. It also plays HD DVD, but if you wish, you can simply ignore that and use it like a very good DVD player, though Toshiba mails you 5 free HD movies as a bonus. So far, no problems at all with the HDMI connection: No lost connections or pixelization. And it seems pretty tolerant of less-than-perfect DVDs. It has locked up on me once while playing an HD DVD thought to be defective, but it was only with that particular disk.
My main gripe is with the remote control which really needs to have frequently used controls enlarged and separated from the rest.
Just curious what you didn't like about the Oppo, as I've been interested in getting one for it's all-region capabilities.
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