On 04/18/04 19:34, rocketman54 said...
the denon dvd 5900 says that it upsamples to 1080i.
does this mean that the garden variety dvd's(lotr,braveheart,
etc) will look as good as discovery theatre? one
guy that i talked to says yes(he's selling the
5900) another guy says no, that the picture can
only look as good as the source dvd which is 480dpi.
Not necessarily. If Discovery is showing a true HD pic that has never been downgraded to 480 lines, then it will almost certainly be a bit better than an upconverted DVD. But if Discovery is upconverting something themselves, they'll probably look the same.
the guy that says no is selling the marantz dv8400.
it upsamples to full resolution 4:4:4:. is this
the same as 1080I? because the other resolutions
that it mentions that lesser units samples to
are 4:2:2 and 4:2:0. could this be the same as
720 and 480? if so then the marantz would probably
be comparable to the 5900 at about 500 dollars
less.
can anyone help? thanks!
I can't remember exactly how 4:x:x works, but that is de-interlacing technology, not upconverting resolution. That is simply changing from 480i to 480p in various ways. Upgrading from 480i or 480p to 1080i is a different step.
I'd hazard an opinion that the Denon will have a better PQ overall, whether outputting 1080i or 480p. There have been some issues with the 5900, though. I haven't followed them since I don't have that machine, but you could search in the DVD forum at AVS Forum.
