Upscaling: Do other players upscale over the component connections?
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Your BD30 should upgrade video signal through component connections to 1080i, if HDMI it would upscale to 1080p. Others Blu-ray players would have same problems as BD30. The one you have is the best in Blu-ray right now.
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With my Panasonic plasmas (42" and 50"), which are 2006 and 2007 models, I have found the upscaling very good. In fact, it's hard to get around them, since these plasmas have native resolutions that no DVD player can match (expect for 1080p models). 720p on both 42" and 50" models is not quite true 720p (it's acutally 768p), so no matter what, the Panasonic will be doing some upscaling. As far as medium DVD players and DVD upscalers for around $100 and below, I have seen very little difference. Even compared to my 4 year old Sony 480p player. I would say HDMI provides a smidge better detail, but it's not dramatic by any means. I haven't tried the up-market upscalers (Oppo, Reon chip), so I can't comment on them, but I doubt the difference would be dramatic--the Panasonic just has to do too much upscaling on it's own, regardless of what signal you send to it... My brother says his 700U 1080p also has very little difference with new upscaling DVD players as opposed to his older 480p player, so it looks like Panasonic's upscaling chips on these TV's are indeed rather good...
2126555
So my non-hd movies from other regions would be able to play on this player in the upconversions with no problem? Thanks for the info.
1209067
Generally, most hardware things do a lousy job of downscaling image size - you will usually get a much better result if you scale them down using decent software to the "native size" of the display before loading them. (I just bought one of these and haven't got it yet, but it might even make sense to see if it looks better with pix at 640x480 or at 688x488 (which Poldim says is the res of the samples they provide).
935776
This TV can not take any input signal greater than 1920x1080. It will internally upscale the incoming signal to the panel's 2560x1080 resolution, but there is no way to feed that resolution directly into the set.The reason for this is that the input line buffer of the internal scaler chip can only hold 2048 pixel, and therfore can not handle any resolution with a width greater than that.
1110867
Correct, you will get a scaled image at the lower native resolution. Fine for most video, but it will definitely make pixel-perfect images like overlays and in-camera peaking blurry.
575983
Alright thank you. I think blurays will automatically upscale on even old players but I'll UPGRADE
1130761
Hi Gary. I'm running two Sony blu-ray players to my Sony 4K 70". One has 4K upscaling, connected through a 4K upscaling Yamaha home media amp (model 1030) whereby I utilized two high priced Monster Black Premium HDMI cables. The other player is a few years older and does not have 4K upscaling. It is connected the same way with these Mediabridge cables and the difference is almost, if not entirely undetectable. I attribute any discrepancy, however minute, to the fact that it is a non-4K upscaling player. In fact, I just went through a whole stack of James Bond flicks on the older player. They are rated for 4K and you can trust these folks. They stand behind their product.
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1080p upscaling means that it will process a regular DVD to 1080p output.This is not a Blu-Ray player.
795286
I gave the unit to a friend last Christmas. As I recall, there was a button on the remote (aspect ratio maybe??) that changed how the picture filled the screen. May have to hit it several times to get proper proportions.
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I guess for different scenes, the compression ratio is different. A smooth scene needs less GBs then a busy one.
1749596
I believe so, yes. There isn't any reason I can see why you can't play a more scaled-d
2186969
I'm sorry, I can't give you an answer as I have not used the player in that fashion.
837972
Yes.. there is a feature in up/low key for player who can adjust different level of tone.
1136358
The top resolution is dependent on the monitor you have, not the arm. The arm's limitations are on weight and size, not resolution.
1938070
Yes. The signal will be a lot clearer. It is recommended that you connect both the component (HD) and composite cables. This will allow to select various resolutions from low to high.
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No. Upconversion can only be done with HDMI. This applies to both Blu Ray players and Upconverting DVD players.