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Old 07-12-2006, 19:20
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What is the best upscalling DVD player at the moment..?
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Old 07-12-2006, 19:25
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The Toshiba SD360E is good. It plays DivX too. And it's multi-region! Only £60 (Amazon link)

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Old 07-12-2006, 19:32
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Originally Posted by okuda
What is the best upscalling DVD player at the moment..?

Probably one from the Denon range such as the DVD-A1XVA which retails around £2500.
You really need to specify a price point
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Old 07-12-2006, 19:45
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I would have to say the Lexicon RT20, only because I own one.

Retails at around £3.5k,

As Jarrak has pointed out, you really need to specify a budget.

Personally I wouldn't touch the cheap upscalers, those under £200 anyway. If you are wanting to spend a little more then I would forget the upscalers and go for the real thing. HD DVD players can be had for just over £300.
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Old 08-12-2006, 12:47
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The Arcam DV139, priced £1800, could be worth a look.
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Old 08-12-2006, 13:54
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Considering the high cost of the upscaling DVD players at the top end (£3.5k) I would have thought that it might be better using a standard DVD player with a seperate video processor such as VP50 or Lumagen which will work with Sky (SD) and Freeview. Also for the cost of the expensive upscaling DVD players you can get Sky HD + an HD-DVD player + a lot of HD-DVDs which will give a far better picture.

If you were looking for the cheaper end then the answer is probably not to bother unless you were going to buy a new player anyway. The DVD player may or may not do better upscaling than your TV.
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Old 08-12-2006, 14:36
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Originally Posted by bobcar
The DVD player may or may not do better upscaling than your TV.
This is an important point, many TVs have very good up-scalers built in so it really is a case of try before you buy to see if you get any real improvement.
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Old 08-12-2006, 16:32
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ive got the philips dvp-5960 and have had it 2 days and it is a fantastic upscaler £70 pound to buy
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Old 08-12-2006, 17:58
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Ok so you want a price range--- Lets say between £50 to £130 the reason I ask is I keep hearing about certain chip sets that are better than others..!! if this is the case how would I go about finding out which chip set is inside my samsung R40 ...?
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Old 08-12-2006, 21:50
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I bought a Philips dvp 5960 the other day. I've only used it once so i won't comment on quality yet. But i have a connection problem. When you use a hdmi cable the digital coax output is downmixed so you lose 5:1 sound. this is not good for me.
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Old 27-12-2006, 23:18
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i now wouldnt reccomend the philips dvp-5960 as mine has now got to go back faulty as the pictures keeps going a strange colour while upscaling
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Old 27-12-2006, 23:21
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Typical Philips 'quality'.

I've got a Samsung DVD-HD860 (£60) and it's multi-regional via remote control.

PQ is stunning!
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Old 28-12-2006, 00:28
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Originally Posted by Telly_Man
Typical Philips 'quality'.

I've got a Samsung DVD-HD860 (£60) and it's multi-regional via remote control.

PQ is stunning!
i really should of know another cr*p philips product
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Old 28-12-2006, 04:54
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I'm about to buy the Toshiba 360 only £60 but What HiFi's best DVD player for under £200.
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