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RE: My Oppo book says 1080p, and HDMI necessary to relay upconversion. nt

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David Aiken

In Reply to: RE: My Oppo book says 1080p, and HDMI necessary to relay upconversion. nt posted by clarkjohnsen on January 30, 2008 at 09:19:45

Obviously an Oppo peculiarity. My Denon DVD player, the 2910, and the Pioneers I've owned have all offered upscaling to 720p as well as 1080i or p, and offer it with analog output as well.

Probably one of the ways that Oppo cuts costs and not a bad way to cut it in many cases.

I've got an LCD screen with 1366 x 768 resolution and find upscaling in players and receivers unneccesary. If I let the player or receiver upscale to 720p, the TV is going to rescale to 768 in order to display the picture so I end up with rescaling on an already rescaled image and that either looks no better or slightly worse than simply sending the standard def signal to the TV and relying on a single rescaling process.

In general I'm unconvinced about the inclusion of rescaling in players and receivers.

David Aiken

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RE: My Oppo book says 1080p, and HDMI necessary to relay upconversion. nt - chris.redmond2@bushinternet.com 12:37:35 02/01/08 (1)
"I've got an LCD screen with 1366 x 768 resolution and find upscaling in players and receivers unneccesary. If I let the player or receiver upscale to 720p, the TV is going to rescale to 768 in order to display the picture so I end up with rescaling on an already rescaled image and that either looks no better or slightly worse than simply sending the standard def signal to the TV and relying on a single rescaling process."

It probably depends on the respective qualities of the display and the player, and with a budget upscaling player I can well imagine that a display's upscaler would give better results.

My own Denon however upscales to 720p and 1080i, and when I leave it to output DVd at it's native resolution so the Panasonic PX60 does the scaling the results aren't anywhere near as good as when the player does the upscaling.

Best Regards,
Chris redmond.
- RE: My Oppo book says 1080p, and HDMI necessary to relay upconversion. nt - Jack G 13:09:22 02/02/08 (0)
  > > > My own Denon however upscales to 720p and 1080i, and when I leave it to output DVd at it's native resolution so the Panasonic PX60 does the scaling the results aren't anywhere near as good as when the player does the upscaling. < < <
  I found good upscaling players do a better jo than my Sony SXRD as well. I suspect this is an area were TV manufacturers cut corners.
  Jack
That's not right. - Jack G 10:13:58 01/31/08 (1)
> > > Obviously an Oppo peculiarity. My Denon DVD player, the 2910, and the Pioneers I've owned have all offered upscaling to 720p as well as 1080i or p, and offer it with analog output as well.

Probably one of the ways that Oppo cuts costs and not a bad way to cut it in many cases. < < <

As a general rule, upscaling isn't allowed via analog outs. While there are a few exceptions, here in the US it has to be done via digital connections. Its been decreed by the DVD Consortium. Perhaps things are different where you are, as in the case of region coding.
Jack
- My m istake, you're right� - David Aiken 16:21:39 01/31/08 (0)
  My 2910 only upscales on digital outputs.
  
  David Aiken

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