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RE: Up-converting DVD Player

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David Aiken

In Reply to: RE: Up-converting DVD Player posted by ditherone on July 15, 2007 at 10:19:35

If you don't have your existing player hooked up via component, then you should get an improvement from it over S-video or composite if you change to component. Since you're talking about a component connection with the Oppo, I'd start with a component connection with your current player and see how you feel about that first before considering the Oppo.

The Oppo may make an improvement due to one or both of 2 things. The Oppo may provide a better picture than your existing player and/or it may upscale better than your TV. The only way to find out if it does one or both of those things is to try it, both with the Oppo doing the upscaling and the TV doing the upscaling. If the picture you get with either of those options is better than you're currently getting with your existing DVD player, then the Oppo is an improvement. The chances of the Oppo being an improvement depend on the age and quality of your existing player.

David Aiken

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RE: Up-converting DVD Player - Daryl Zero 19:32:10 07/15/07 (0)
I believe the Oppo doesn't upscale with a component connection.
RE: Up-converting DVD Player - ditherone 14:16:05 07/15/07 (1)
Thanks guys for the input. I just dug out my old DVD player (it was in a box from moving) and hooked it up via S Video to the TV and did a comparison with the OPPO via HDMI. OK, it was a pretty noticable difference, so I guess I will stick with the OPPO.
- That's not a comparison - David Aiken 22:04:03 07/15/07 (0)
  S-video is not as good a connection as component whereas HDMI and component are much more directly comparable. I have no doubt that HDMI out of the Oppo will beat S-video out of your old machine. A much more valid comparison would be between HDMI out of the Oppo and component out of your old machine but the only real comparison would be the same connection out of both.
  
  David Aiken

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