Tell me about upscaling DVD players!

[Howard Alan Treesong]

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?

[Error Macro]

How cheap do you consider cheap?

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

http://www.oppodigital.com/opdv971h.html

[The Fake Shemp]

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.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

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.

[Error Macro]

Heh, yeah, it basically jumps from the Oppo @ $200 to the Denon 5910 @ $3500.

[Mondain]

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

[Bacon]

I've thought about getting an Oppo, but just figured I'd let a HD-DVD/Blu-Ray player do the upscaling.

[Mondain]

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

[Bacon]

Really? I've always wondered if the scaling made a real big difference. It's still the same 480i/p source.

[Error Macro]

Most people think the Toshiba HD DVD players upscale better than the Oppo 

[Mondain]

Most people think the Toshiba HD DVD players upscale better than the Oppo 

but what about its picture quality for DVD playback?

[Error Macro]

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.

[Shogmaster]

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.

[heavy liquid]

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.

[morphix]

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).