Upconvert Dvd players, Do they work?

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

So Walmart has the cheapness on up convert dvd players, one even has divx. both are under 100 bucks iirc.

so do they work?

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[ballstothewall 10+ year member]

Yes, up-convert players work.

How well the cheapo ones work I'm not sure.

 

[the727kid 10+ year member]

I seen Toshiba has a 1080p upconvert for $100 that is also a DVD recorder going on sale this weekend... worth it?

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5584897

 

[Brian Owens 10+ year member]

They work if your HD TV does a crappy job of up converting. Don't expect HD quality - The DVD itself is still standard definition. All you are trying to do is get it to 1080 lines the best way possible.

Many of the HD TV's do awesome if they are fed an HD signal, but the scaler built in the TV for standard definition scaling sucks.

You can also run HDMI which is a plus.

For my projector, I run a Home Theater PC. What a difference to makes for scaling DVD to 1024 lines vs. running a DVD player. Some of the newer projectors have awesome scalers, but mine is older and works great with the HTPC and with HD.

Brian

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

Thanks, ill be picking one up on black friday

 

[Brian Owens 10+ year member]

Get there EARLY!!!!!!

 

[pensacol 10+ year member]

I have the one in the link you posted earlier. It's pretty **** good for the price. Make sure you run HDMI though. Divx playback is ok, and it will play any type of dvd I throw at it ( -r +r RW etc) It also has upgradable firmware. Outputs Dolby Digital but not DTS. Don't know if that's a factor for you though.

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

My mom goes @ 3am shes getting it for me for xmas //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[sqhertz 5,000+ posts]

i actually bought that exact one not too long ago along with some hdmi cables. there is a huge difference in sound/video quality from the rf cable i have ran into the room. ive watched planet earth numerous times on my LG lc7d and the picture is excellent. ive never owned a lcd/hd tv though so i cant compare it to anything. i have mine upscaling to 720p.

i was trying to get one at work (sears) but weve been out of them for the longest and so many of them were ordered for customers so i just went to walmart. the one i grabbed was the last one. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif good luck

 

[delvryboy 5,000+ posts]

phillips...meh. killer price and better than standard. i have a sony and love it.

 

[sqhertz 5,000+ posts]

iirc, it will be on sale at sears from 5am-noon for 30 bucks....this friday.

 

[Brian Owens 10+ year member]

Here is good info on it. Sounds like as long as you get one that works, people are very impressed with the processing power.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=825890

Outputs Dolby Digital but not DTS.

According to response #17 in that thread, it will pass DTS through the digital output.

I don't have one to verify, but you might want to further investigate if you want DTS.

Brian

 

[Kai Winters 10+ year member]

I have a Philips DVP 5960 that I bought for $80 a year ago. It is upconverting and does a remarkable job on my standard def dvd's compared to my 6 year old Pioneer. Well worth the money. The tv does make a big difference, I have a LG 50PC3D plasma, though I compared picture quality between the old Pioneer and new Philips on the LG and the Philips did a much better job.

I use the hdmi on the Philips.

 

[bamaboy 5,000+ posts]

just skip it and get a 199$ Toshiba HDDVD player from bestbuy(sale), its a night and day difference

the up convert cant just pull lines out of its @ss