Nice picture, but is this from upconversion. My question is that the amazing image I see simply of upconversion of the dvd?
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I would say an upconverting player will show a significant difference, although NOT a DAY & NIGHT difference. Keep in mind that the limits of an upconverting player is still within the capacities of the dvd disc itself. The Oppo will upconvert dvds with copyright protection and will SPECIALLY look amazing with dvds (re)mastered in High Definition. I saw the PQ of SUPERMAN RETURNS upconverted with my OPPO compared to my friend's Blu-ray disc playing on his HDTV, the PQ of the Oppo was very close, so close in fact, except for the Blu-ray disc's more radiant REDS. Both HDTVs were capable of 1080p and same brand/model. So, I have to say 1080i broadcast may still be a tad better than the Oppo, depending on the DISC itself. Heck, some broadcasts are better than BLU-ray OR HDdvd discs.
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I think we're experiencing image burn-in on our 2 1/2-year-old 1080p LCD TV. When an HD show is on, there are now visible vertical lines marking where the sidebars of standard definition programs would be, almost as if a standard size screen were placed over the widescreen. There's also some shadowing in the top half of the standard screen area. This is most noticeable when the picture background is light colored. We had no idea this would happen. We were considering buying the Samsung model you've got, but we spend more than 5% of our TV time watching standard definition programs, and many of our DVD/Bluray movies have black bars on top and bottom. Maybe we'll just get by with our current set until the image burn-in problem is eliminated.
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Thanks! The only real gripe that I remember is that a DVD is a little slow to load when you put it in. When I get around to buying one myself though, I probably won't use it as my main DVD player anyway, but I'll write up a full review.
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I am having the same problem. It's saying something about playback might not be a feature on the DVD. Is there anything we can do to fix it?
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Yes, this is through HDMI cable. I do not component cable. I noticed that certain movies, there is a restriction in upconversion. Otherwise, for most of the SD DVD, it upconverts much better than the Yamaha receiver (it also can do upconversion through TBC-time base correction).
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at what quality are your dvds from you hi8 conversion. is it possible to improve the quality using this device?
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1080p upscaling means that it will process a regular DVD to 1080p output.This is not a Blu-Ray player.
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yes I found a chart for this model which says "offers full hd upsampling" I'm sure you realize that upscaled sd sources--i.e. 480i dvds-- can only looks so good when upscaled. in other words it won't look close to true 1080p hd quality. but it will offer noticeable improvement over native 480i. hope this helps. Arkadin
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The description states, "1080p up-conversion to up-convert content recorded in the 480i/p or 720p format to 1080p." That means your regular old discs play, and it makes them look more like HD discs.
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But I read somewhere that you have to change the setting to 24p every time you put in a DVD, is this true? Every time? You can't permanently change the setting?
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I have the same problem, the DVD's are not pirated, they came from Amazon in their original package and sealed. Has anyone found a solution? Or do I need to return them?
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Yes. I have been watching both native 4K and 1080p upscaled to 4K and although I can tell the difference, I am still very impressed with the up conversion.
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Thanks, Bishop, for your reply. I liked your last statement (very funny!). A couple of hours after i went out to get this model at Best Buy (i just couldn't wait!), a friend showed me the all-region equivalent (also from Pioneer) featured on this same Amazon site! Well, at least they claim it's all region, but seems some customers have had to get guarantees from the supplier that the unit will indeed play all types of discs. A bit confusing. ;)
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"Can I convert AVCHD to DVD format and burn to a DVD-R/DVD+R that will be playable on any home DVD player? I also what the answer to this question the answer will determinate if I buy this product or not.
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I'd like to know this myself. That's one reason why I haven't purchased an upconverting dvd player. I don't want to waste money. Go here and ask the same question about the 970HD. http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=682896
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DVD Shrink highly compresses video sometimes to the point it will look bad when being upconverted because it is lowering the quality too much trying to shrink a 8-9 gb dvd onto a 4.7gb dvd.I wouldn't jump to blame that on the player. How does it play professional quality dvd's?DVD+R copies made a 100% resolution? then you can compare
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LadyR,Try several DVD's. It may be that the discs you're playing are the problem. It seems to me that if there's not enough info on the disc, when it upgrades the picture it fills in the blanks with "noise", which makes the pic look grainy. Just a hunch, but most of my discs look great with no adjustment now.