DVD to 1080p converter

[fatryan 5,000+ posts]

ill be getting ps3 eventually but it be nice if i had something to boost all these DVDs i got here

 

[revrider1 5,000+ posts]

Cool, thats what ima do. For the price its ok, plus ull have the HDMI now. It helps a bit

 

[fatryan 5,000+ posts]

word. cant wait. got this 40" samsung 1080p 120Hz tv but nothing to play on it! lol cable looks good but im sure HD is 9824082x better

 

[revrider1 5,000+ posts]

Oh it is, i dont see myself going back to cable anymore. Its like tryin to watch TV on a square TV, wont happen with me... lol

 

[Jmac 10+ year member]

If it's not recorded in HD how can a dvd player convert it to HD,i have supposedly a very good 1 and I can't tell a difference

At some point, it will need to be upconverted to the display's native resolution (whether it be 1280x720 or 1920x1080). However, the scalar (aka upconverter) built into most TVs is of poor-to-mediocre quality most of the time. What these upconverting DVD players (and upconverters) do is use higher-quality scalars to upconvert to the screen's native resolution, so you have less aliasing, artifacts, and shimmering (higher quality picture).
Of course, if you buy a cheap one, it's not going to be much, if any, better than your TV's built-in upconverter.

 

[azimuth 5,000+ posts]

as far as i knew, you cannot improve picture quality on a normal dvd simply by using a dvd player. if it isn't burned blue ray or hd, you won't get that picture. the cables will make a difference. you can't get an hd picture without using hdmi. correct me if i'm wrong, but using the hdmi made a difference. blue rays on the ps3 look very good.

 

[delvryboy 5,000+ posts]

as far as i knew, you cannot improve picture quality on a normal dvd simply by using a dvd player. if it isn't burned blue ray or hd, you won't get that picture. the cables will make a difference. you can't get an hd picture without using hdmi. correct me if i'm wrong, but using the hdmi made a difference. blue rays on the ps3 look very good.

You can get up to 720p on component, but the quality suffers.

While it's not HD, the difference between a standard DVD up-scaled to 720p/1080i/1080p is night and day compared to it's native 480p.

 

[azimuth 5,000+ posts]

You can get up to 720p on component, but the quality suffers.
While it's not HD, the difference between a standard DVD up-scaled to 720p/1080i/1080p is night and day compared to it's native 480p.

ok. that makes sense.

 

[fatryan 5,000+ posts]

can anyone suggest a good upconverter? im quite interested now //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

can anyone suggest a good upconverter? im quite interested now //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

One of the BEST ones for the price is one from OPPO Digital.

nG

 

[fatryan 5,000+ posts]

****, those are a little pricey. guess its worth it though if i got one that came with an hdmi cable

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

Yeah, sometimes you can happen upon great deals.

I got my DV981 for $105 shipped brand new with warranty from woot...

Hell of a deal.

nG

 

[ballstothewall 10+ year member]

Oppo DV-981 is a very nice player, the blue LEDs on the front display are ghey though.

 

[fatryan 5,000+ posts]

whats woot? i want one for $105 shipped!

 

[KickerSoItBump 10+ year member]

How do you only get 720p out of HDMI cables? all HDMI cables are essentially the same, they either work or they don't.

Cheaper cables doesnt mean you can't get full 1080p out of it.

PS3 upconverts my DVD's to 1080p through the HDMI cable. Looks good, but Blu-ray is definetely the way to go.