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Howard Alan Treesong

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Tell me about upscaling DVD players!
« on: August 03, 2006, 01:26:04 AM »
I have a 720p projector which is awesome! But the way it plays 480p DVDs is less awesome. I'm looking for a good upscaling DVD player with DVI or HDMI out. Cheap, too, cause I'm cheap! Any suggestions?
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Re: Tell me about upscaling DVD players!
« Reply #1 on: August 03, 2006, 01:29:13 AM »
How cheap do you consider cheap?

Because there's not much better than the Oppo 971 for $200.

http://www.oppodigital.com/opdv971h.html
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Re: Tell me about upscaling DVD players!
« Reply #2 on: August 03, 2006, 01:30:25 AM »
The Oppo player is amazing.  I have an upscaling Samsung for my CRT and that's just fantastic, but for a projector, I wouldn't recommend anything less than an Oppo.
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Re: Tell me about upscaling DVD players!
« Reply #3 on: August 03, 2006, 01:31:55 AM »
My friend got the Oppo and is loving it. I guess I was wondering if there were any other options or if the Oppo is just what I want.

$200 is fine. I am just not looking for a $3000 Denon.
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Re: Tell me about upscaling DVD players!
« Reply #4 on: August 03, 2006, 01:33:02 AM »
Heh, yeah, it basically jumps from the Oppo @ $200 to the Denon 5910 @ $3500.
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Re: Tell me about upscaling DVD players!
« Reply #5 on: August 03, 2006, 01:44:43 AM »
a third vote for the Oppo, it's a marvel

its build quality is somewhat cheap though when compared to brand-name players, but apart from that it beats nearly all other DVD players, many which are a lot more expensive

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Re: Tell me about upscaling DVD players!
« Reply #6 on: August 03, 2006, 01:50:47 AM »
I've thought about getting an Oppo, but just figured I'd let a HD-DVD/Blu-Ray player do the upscaling.

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Re: Tell me about upscaling DVD players!
« Reply #7 on: August 03, 2006, 01:53:35 AM »
I've thought about getting an Oppo, but just figured I'd let a HD-DVD/Blu-Ray player do the upscaling.

the Oppo's playback quality and upscaling will be better than the chipsets used in BR or HD-DVD players

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Re: Tell me about upscaling DVD players!
« Reply #8 on: August 03, 2006, 01:59:38 AM »
Really? I've always wondered if the scaling made a real big difference. It's still the same 480i/p source.

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Re: Tell me about upscaling DVD players!
« Reply #9 on: August 03, 2006, 02:04:34 AM »
Most people think the Toshiba HD DVD players upscale better than the Oppo  :o
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Re: Tell me about upscaling DVD players!
« Reply #10 on: August 03, 2006, 02:16:07 AM »
Most people think the Toshiba HD DVD players upscale better than the Oppo  :o

but what about its picture quality for DVD playback?

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Re: Tell me about upscaling DVD players!
« Reply #11 on: August 03, 2006, 02:17:44 AM »
That's what I mean dude! Seems their engineers put the PC inside to good use and wrote some excellent upscaling algorithms for standard definition DVD.
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Re: Tell me about upscaling DVD players!
« Reply #12 on: August 03, 2006, 03:32:59 AM »
I you already have a X360, and your projector accepts VGA input, the a $40 VGA cables kit for X360 is cheaper and easier to find than the Oppo. Damn good upscaling of DVDs via VGA.

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Re: Tell me about upscaling DVD players!
« Reply #13 on: August 03, 2006, 06:58:12 AM »
I have the Zenith 318 which is great.  I was also able to convert it to region-free quite easily.

The first versioin of it (the one that I have) allows upscaling vial component cables, which they unfortunately have since disabled.

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Re: Tell me about upscaling DVD players!
« Reply #14 on: August 03, 2006, 07:33:41 AM »
That Toshiaba HD DVD player did some kick ass upscaling, on the cheap end the Sony DVP-NS75H does a good job for $100.00 (does 1080i).
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