Upconversion dvd players VS Blu ray/ HD DVD players.?

Question

Here's something I do not understand, Upconversion players ugrade DVD movies on HDtv correct? What is the point of buying one if blue ray or even hd dvd player scale the reg dvd movies as well?

Answer 1

Ok....upconverting DVD players take a normal 480i/p dvd picuture...and it "SIMULATES" an HD picture. Basically it guesses what information is missing  in the picture to make it "near hd-quality". Blu-ray players will upconvert dvds just like an upconverting one...BUT they also play Blu-Ray Discs...which are a beautiful pristine FULL 1080P High Definition Picture. They are true High Definition and not "simulated" If you compare a movie on DVD upconverted, to the same movie on Blu-ray....no comparison, the clarity on Blu-ray Discs is amazing. You do however, need to have a Full HD 1080p TV to get the full advantage of Blu-ray.

Answer 2

it is only hd if the sourse is hd and dvds are not hd. also bluray and hddvds have interactive features that are not available on a dvd. i personally bought the upconversion dvd player and was disappointed in its quality, granted that it was a little better but not BLURAY quality

Answer 3

Upconversion is exactly what it imples; it takes a signal and converts it to a higher resolution.  Of course, upconversion will not add anything more to the video than what's already there.  Upconversion involves two processes: deinterlacing to allow the video to show properly on a progressive scan display, and scaling the video up to an LCD or plasma monitor's native resolution (electronically processing a lower resolution image into a higher resolution) as an alternative to forcing the display to show a lower resolution image over a larger field of pixels (zooming), which can cause aliasing.

As for buying a regular DVD player over a Blu-Ray Disc player: most, if not all, Blu-Ray Disc players do a terrible job at deinterlacing and scaling DVD Video.

The very best DVD player, the Oppo DV-983H, will play DVDs with better quality than even the highest end Blu-Ray Disc player.

The reason is simple: a Blu-Ray Disc player has its design emphasis on playing Blu-Ray Discs.

DVD compatibility is, more or less, a secondary consideration that resulted in a second-rate design for DVD playback in a Blu-Ray Disc player.

If you want to get the most out of your DVDs, get a good progressive scan DVD player, such as the Oppo model that was mentioned while using the Blu-Ray Disc player for playing Blu-Ray Discs.

The Oppo will set you back about $400, but that's money well spent considering that there are DVD players costing over $1,000 that do not perform nearly as well, much less Blu-Ray Disc players.  Most, if not all, players around the $100 are junk.

Answer 4

Ok, you have a HDTV right? Do you get standard def and HD versions of CBS, NBC, ABC channels?

If so - tune to the standard def CBS channel tonight. Watch for about 10 minutes.

Your television is up-converting the standard def video to HD just like a up-converting DVD player will do.

Then - switch to the HD version of CBS.  Then switch back.

Do both versions look the same? Of course not.

The up-converted video is like magnifying a postage stamp to  8x11.  It is grainy, washed out and rough.

Up converted standard def video is ... grainy, washed out and rough.

But if the source material is true HD (like Bluray or HD-DVD), there is about 8 times more information per screen.  This results in a much improved picture quality.

Yes - people will argue that the DVD player usually does a bit better job of up-converting than the television - but it cannot create or put the eight-fold increase in information into each screen.

True HD video is almost always better than up-converted standard def.

Answer 5

price.. cheapest upscaler is $100.. a "better" one probably $150.. the cheapest blu-ray player is $400... would you pay $400 for a upscaler or $100 if your gonna watch DVDs only.. if you change your collection to Blu-Ray (HD DVD is now dead) then the $400 is justified.