[Paul_Murphy_UK]

Okay, so just got my HD tv last week, so I now i'm looking to upgrade the rest of my equipment to get the most out of it

First is the DVD player, I'm not fussed about blu-ray for the moment, I imagine i'll get a PS3 for that in future. I'd like to get one that also has a dvd recorder as well, as at the moment I only have a VCR, so i can then ditch that, and put a few old tapes onto discs.

So any recomendations, i've been looking at Panasonic DMR-EZ27EB-K, which seems to have everything I need. Anyone have any experience of this unit, or can they recomend anything else?

Thanks

[bobcar]

You don't say what TV you have, you might not get any improvement from an upscaling DVD player.

If you do think upscaling will improve your picture then the EP30 HD-DVD player is available really cheap and an excellent upscaler.

[Paul_Murphy_UK]

Oh right, I was under the impression upscaling was good for any HD tv, what would I need to look out for then and how do I know if it's going to give an improvement on my set

[Nigel Goodwin]

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Originally Posted by Paul_Murphy_UK

Oh right, I was under the impression upscaling was good for any HD tv, what would I need to look out for then and how do I know if it's going to give an improvement on my set

Only way is to try it, upscaling DVD players are mostly a con, your TV already upscales anyway - it's just a question of which does it best. A good quality upscaling DVD will be better than a cheap TV, but if you have a decent TV then it's probably already as good (or better) than an upscaling DVD.

[Paul_Murphy_UK]

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Originally Posted by Nigel Goodwin

Only way is to try it, upscaling DVD players are mostly a con, your TV already upscales anyway - it's just a question of which does it best. A good quality upscaling DVD will be better than a cheap TV, but if you have a decent TV then it's probably already as good (or better) than an upscaling DVD.

ah right, well mine at the moment is a samsung le26r88, would you put that in the good category?

[stvn758]

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Originally Posted by Nigel Goodwin

Only way is to try it, upscaling DVD players are mostly a con, your TV already upscales anyway - it's just a question of which does it best. A good quality upscaling DVD will be better than a cheap TV, but if you have a decent TV then it's probably already as good (or better) than an upscaling DVD.

Do they compete with one another, the upscalers.

The DVD (source) would send the upscaled picture to the TV, what does the TV do then, re-scale it.

[bobcar]

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Originally Posted by Paul_Murphy_UK

ah right, well mine at the moment is a samsung le26r88, would you put that in the good category?

It's only a 26" so unless you sit quite close to it you are unlikely to see any improvement from upscaling even if the external upscaler was better.

[Paul_Murphy_UK]

fair enough, but won't be the only tv I envisage using the dvd with, i'm thinking of the future as well, which will prob be a bigger tv also

[stuarta99]

I have the Panasonic DMR-EZ27EB-K and had it since it came out. Never had problems with it.

I was dubious about the upscaling, but one day a dvd stopped half way and wouldn't play, so I put it into my 360, which is also connected HD, but the picture wasn't half as good.

That is connected to a Pansonic TH-37PX70B. I don't need the hdd on it, due to my Sky HD box.

[Nigel Goodwin]

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Originally Posted by stvn758

Do they compete with one another, the upscalers.

The DVD (source) would send the upscaled picture to the TV, what does the TV do then, re-scale it.

If the TV if full HD, then if you feed it a 1080 signal, then it won't need to rescale it, if it's only HD Ready (768 pixels) the TV will down-scale it to fit, so you're scaling twice.