Does an upscaling DVD player improve results? How does this model rate?
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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...
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It should since the ViewHD device upgrades your Wii 480p signal to 1080p which is no different than what an upscaling DVD player does. If you get audio and video with a upscaling DVD or Bluray player connected you should be good to go. If in the end it doesn't work with the Wii, you can always take one of your HDMI cords and connect it directly to your receiver with the other end to the ViewHD device which connects to the Wii. Good luck.
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The 85's DVD 24P conversion is excellent, as is its upscaling w/24P. Just make sure you have 24P turned on in the Setup menu and then you will have to manually turn on 24P via the Display menu for DVD's you wish to playback in 24P. This manual setting is done because not all DVD's are 24Fps and it causes bad artifacts if played at the wrong frame rate. So, each DVD must be set to 24P manually, although Blu-ray is a native progressive format and so 'knows' the frame rate the disc was encoded in and plays it appropriately if 24P is set in the Setup menu. Even now, in 2013, many BD players are not good at converting DVD to 24P, or won't do it at all, so the BD85 is still superb for DVD's at 24P. Its BD picture quality is still state-of-the-art and unless you need 3D, nothing produces a better image - plus it has discrete 7.1 RCA audio outputs, which is a rarity on players today, but a must for those with older receivers that dont support TrueHD ot DTS-HD audio but do have multichannel inputs - if they don't wish to upgrade their receiver the BD85 will allow them to experience the modern lossless audio formats without being downsampled and reencoded to standard lossy Dolby Digital or DTS formats for compatability.
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Dear Peter,Thanks for your inquiry. Since there are no 4K or UHD discs available, the Blu-ray player itself does not upscale. There are however, many audio receivers that do upscaling and perhaps that is what you are asking. Hope that makes things clearer for you.Regards,Eric CohenWorld Wide Stereo
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Unsure on the upscale for DVD's, but it will play and record Blu Ray and it works very well for me so far. I have used mine mostly to record DVD's and CD's, also do the playbacks to make sure they are working. It is very compact and easy to pack with the laptop for transportation.
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The final upconversion from the DVD output resolution to the TV display resolution (4K in this case) will be performed by the TV. If you connect to the TV using HDMI, there is a negotiation of capabilities where the receiver (TV) tells the sender (DVD player) what formats it understands and the sender chooses the 'best' (usually highest mutually supported resolution) format to use. Typically, the DVD player will deinterlace to generate a progressive output and upconvert (scale) to 1280x720P or 1920x1080P. If you connect on YPbPr (component) instead of HDMI, then there is no exchange of capabilities between the source and the display. For this case, the DVD player will have a menu where the user can specify the output format. The TV will auto-detect this format and perform the appropriate conversion (scaling, de-interlacing, and performing color space conversion, as necessary) to 4K.
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I don't understand your comment. I have a Samsung Blu ray 4k upscale DVD player and it has performed very well. I number of blu rays DVD's look better than on a normal HD tv especially the 4k mastered ones that I have are excellent. I think the blu rays DVD's upscaled to near 4k rival the best movie theaters I have been to. With regular DVD's, there appears to be some upscaling but you tend to not get the color brilliance and definition that you get with blu rays.
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Most receivers under $1500 don't have high quality upscaling. Your projector will have some form of upscaling and it might be better than an A/V receiver - or the receiver might be better. Neither will be great. If your cable box outputs HDMI, then I'm not sure there is anything. I *think* the Sony 2400ES does digital upscaling. Everything else in this price range only upscales analog inputs such as component. The Denon 1909, Onkyo 606 (or higher), Yamaha v663, etc. There are lots of in this range that do analog upconversion, but again, it probably won't be great.
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The Progressive scan and upscaling will not work without an HDMI connection from the player to the TV.In other words you're going to need a HDTV with HDMI connection in order to use the feature that improves picture.
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Progressive Scan DVD players are not upconverting so I would suggest an upconverting dvd player with and HDMI cable for best results on your lcd
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What player do you use it with, and do you notice improved picture, sound, or added functionality?
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To a greater extent, YES. The unit takes you from RCA jacks with 720 and up-converts you to 1080i. It's like going form VHS to DVD. The difference is also noticeable when playing wii games. Our grandchildren have the first wii and could tell the difference. WE have had it for 6 months and love it.
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blu ray player greetings to improve the image of the dvd? this must 4k upscaling much better image of dvd? greetings .......... hope your ready for answerssaludos un jugador blu ray mejoras la imagen de los dvd? , este 4k upscaling debe mejorar mucho mas la imagen de los dvd? saludos espero su repuestas..........
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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 bought the HDMI (2 meter) 6 foot cable HQ 1080P 1.3b when I bought my upscaling DVD player and I connected it to my LG LCD HDTV. I keep getting a distorted picture. What am I doing wrong?
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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.
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Hi. I just bought one of these myself and have a 40 inch Samsung HD- LCD tv and I have noticed this same thing and it will look like this on some DVD's. I put the player on "Dynamic 2" setting under "adjusting the playback picture" found on page 33 of the manual and it makes the picture a little better. Try that out and I hope it helps! Jay