Upconvert DVD players?

Question

i was at wallmart last night and i came across what the lable called an upconvert DVD it claimed to get regular DVDs up 1080p. Now if it can get things up to 1080p does that mean it will play Blue Rays? Will my TV benifit from this? my TV is a Sanyo 26" HDTV with 720p. do these things acualy work or are they a scam? at walmart they were 50 bucks that seems a little to good to be true for a some thing that can get to 1080p!

Answer 1

No, what it is doing is taking the 480P image of the DVD and scaling it up to be a 1080p picture.  Usually this will make the image quality somewhat better.  But it does not mean it will play Blu-Ray discs.

What the player is doing is the equivalent of opening a picture and stretching it to be larger.

Answer 2

If you want the highest level of performance from older-generation DVD-Video discs the best up-converting DVD players are nonpareil.



When it comes to digital video disc players you basically have two major groups of up-converting disc players from which to choose: (a) high-definition, i.e., Blu-ray Disc (as well as the now defunct HD DVD,) and (b) non-Blu-ray Disc, non-HD DVD up-converting video disc players. Regardless of whether you choose an up-converting video disc player from group (a) or group (b), hands-down the very best up-converting video disc players on the market today are produced by OPPO Digital.



The following is intended to help you choose the digital video disc player that’s best for you. If you spend a fair amount of time watching DVD movies on a reasonably decent display (your Sanyo HDTV is sufficient)—and video image quality is paramount—then I highly recommend you seriously consider purchasing a high performance up-converting DVD player such as one of the models from OPPO Digital. HOWEVER… if you’re eager to take the plunge into the world of Blu-ray, and you spend little time watching movies on standard DVD-Video discs and/or you have a fairly small movie collection on DVD-Video, or you feel that the OPPO DVD players are beyond your budget, and you’re not a videophile who is prone to obsessing over obtaining the nth degree of performance from your DVD-Video disc collection, then you may be better-off purchasing a Blu-ray Disc player. The bottom line: if you don’t have a significant investment in DVD-Video discs and/or you’re unwilling to purchase an OPPO DVD player then you should consider purchasing a good quality Blu-ray Disc player.



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Answer 3

A upconvert DVD player will only upscale images to 720p or 1080i not p.  And yes it displays much better than a regular DVD player but will not be as clelar as a Bluray.  

No, it will not play Bluray discs.  A Bluray player will however, upconvert DVDs.