http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/04/06/sony-taking-the-dvd-up-scaling-market-by-storm/ Engadget HD Comments for Sony taking the DVD up-scaling market by storm http://www.engadgethd.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgethd.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/04/06/sony-taking-the-dvd-up-scaling-market-by-storm/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/04/06/sony-taking-the-dvd-up-scaling-market-by-storm/Apr 6th 2006 10:22AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/04/06/sony-taking-the-dvd-up-scaling-market-by-storm/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/04/06/sony-taking-the-dvd-up-scaling-market-by-storm/
I still don't know that the picture will look significantly different than a 480P DVD.

You can't add detail that isn't there. I'd like to see someone write up something that describes the differences.

I'm just a little skeptical.]]>Apr 6th 2006 1:39PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/04/06/sony-taking-the-dvd-up-scaling-market-by-storm/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/04/06/sony-taking-the-dvd-up-scaling-market-by-storm/Apr 6th 2006 2:55PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/04/06/sony-taking-the-dvd-up-scaling-market-by-storm/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/04/06/sony-taking-the-dvd-up-scaling-market-by-storm/I've never really been able to test it out to know if it makes that much of a difference, but my guess is no. I would think it's possible to do, but the filtering and such required (i.e. the interpolation technology) that works to the point that it's a noticeable difference would be cost prohibitive. I think a lot of it is just a marketing campaign targeted towards the naive.
If I'm totally wrong someone please correct me. Again, I've never actually done the comparison using an upscaling vs. a regular DVD player over hi-def cables. I'm sure someone here has and can comment on the difference (if any) they noticed.]]>Apr 6th 2006 3:24PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/04/06/sony-taking-the-dvd-up-scaling-market-by-storm/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/04/06/sony-taking-the-dvd-up-scaling-market-by-storm/Apr 6th 2006 5:38PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/04/06/sony-taking-the-dvd-up-scaling-market-by-storm/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/04/06/sony-taking-the-dvd-up-scaling-market-by-storm/It's under $200 does DVI 1080i upscaling and looks fantastic. It rates on par with other much more expensive DVD players.
The nice thing is it plays and upscales Divx.
There's a region free hack as well.
I've had it for a few months and works like a charm.

If you don't have DVI or an DVI+>HDMI, it might not be the best player for you. Component out was not as good I found.

https://www.oppodigital.com/ or from Amazon.
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Can't say that I'm so picky as to feel like I'm frustrated with the upscaling that currently happens iwth my TV. The question is. Do I want to invest the time to compare?]]>Apr 7th 2006 12:19PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/04/06/sony-taking-the-dvd-up-scaling-market-by-storm/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/04/06/sony-taking-the-dvd-up-scaling-market-by-storm/http://www.projectorcentral.com/480i_vs_480p.htm.

This is why they sell Progressive Scan DVD players, they output 480p whereas a regular DVD player only outputs it at it's native 480i.]]>Apr 7th 2006 6:25PM