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DVD Players with HDMI Upscale on HD LCD's
I'm thinking of buying a Pioneer DVD Player with a Upscale HDMI connection to replace my 6 year old trusty Yamaha.
I'm just wondering if the £130 player is going to look any different on my LCD than my current one because of HDMI. The video processors are the same in both machines, and i currently have the Yamaha on S-Video (Although RGB Scart is better but i only have one - used for my STB) My Samsung obviously up scales the image anyway, is there any proof that the HDMI will look better than RGB Scart? or is the difference fractional and not worth the cost? |
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I think it will look a bit sharper, not so much because of the upscaling but because of the all-digital signal path. You can see an example of this if you switch between RGB SCART and upscaled HDMI on SkyHD or TVDrive. HDMI is obviously superior.
Why don't you have your current player connected via component? |
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I agree that, because of the all digital path, it ought to look better. However, I've got a Sony V2000 LCD and a 910 DVD recorder with HDMI and I don't really see any difference between using this (at either 720 or 1080) and my old Sony DVD via scart (and using the TV's upscaling). Maybe there is a difference, but it's too small for me to see.
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To be honest I can't see a vast difference between the S.Video connection and HDMI. The Tv does the upscaling. I think truthfully the HDMI connection is only useful in freeing up Scarts. Unless of course you are Mr absolutely piccy person. (He will be posting soon
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So basically HDMI DVD Players are a money making job then?
I think i will give it more thought, but this has helped a lot. In regards to S-Video on the LCD.. My YAMAHA's RGB Scart and S-video also look the same,- the RGB is fractionally sharper, (or that could just be my mind pulling tricks because you know its RGB.) |
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Originally Posted by late8
So basically HDMI DVD Players are a money making job then?
Well the middle to high end DVD players (upto £500) which incorporate scaling chipsets are very likely to perform to a higher level than the scaling chipsets in the HD display. Using the digital HDMI link then provides the opportunity for a better looking picture ![]() However at the lower end of the market there is no doubt that the performance of these upscaling DVD players do not always improve upon the TV doing the job itself and a digital link is hardly worth the money to replace a working DVD player. |
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Don't forget that unless your TV has a native resolution that matches the upscaled resolution from the DVD, then the TV will have to scale again before the image appears on the screen. Two scalings is going to be worse than one, so leave the DVD in its native mode and leave the TV to do the business.
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Originally Posted by Jarrak
Well the middle to high end DVD players (upto £500) which incorporate scaling chipsets are very likely to perform to a higher level than the scaling chipsets in the HD display. Using the digital HDMI link then provides the opportunity for a better looking picture
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