But cant you get a regular progressive scan dvd player with a digital output. I mean dvi or hdmi output is digital regardless of whether or not it is hd.I thought that upconverting DVD players actually increased the resolution from 480p to 1080i/720p.????
On 03/11/05 12:09 ET, Maverick said...
The advantage of the up-scaling DVD player is
that the image can stay in the digital domain
the entire time it is being processed. The data
will be read from the disc, sent through the DVD
players scaler then sent digitaly to the set via
DVI or HDMI. It will finally be sent through a
digital to analog converter for viewing.
Other DVD players will read the data. Convert
that data to analog. Then send it to the TV via
RGB(analog). The set will convert it back to digital,
send it through the scaler and, then covert it
back to analog for viewing. This results in more
D/A conversions.
If the up-scaling DVD player has a good scaler
it should produce a better picture.
I would find a company that has one set up and
ask for a demo if you are concerned.
Mav
