is There a setting for upconverting dvds or how does that work?
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Hi, this Sony Blu-ray player has a feature of upscale, means that the quality of DVDs played will make it more brilliant near to HD. It is pretty much the same as upconverting. There are no settings to be change on the Blu-ray player since once it detects DVD standard definition movies, it will automatically increase its resolution. Just a reminder that this Blu-ray must be connected via HDMI cable and to a HD television to make it work. -Ely
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That's a software issue. As long as you have the software to utilize either the dvd files or an iso, you can burn it to dvd
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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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Its supposed to convert either way. Unfortunately the first one didnt work, sent me a new one and it worked for about a week then died. I just ended up buying a new blue ray player.
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Well, you'd need a very expensive blu-ray burner on your computer if this is what you wanted to do and the results would not be an improvement over the dvd quality. Instead, this player allows you to play your regular dvds and it will up-convert the signal to a more HD-looking quality. Regardless of what medium you transfer your dvd movie to, it will still be standard definition.
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No. Essentially what it does, is upscale. Most hdtvs don't do the best job in the world at upscaling low resolutions like 480i/p. Blu-ray players have internal processing to help clean up the picture. So this will deffinately make your movies look better, but don't expect hd quality. One more thing, HDMI and DVI ONLY! You can't upscale DVDS on COMPONENT. Now SOME will let you with vga. If you can find a good upscaling dvd player for 40 or less dollars, I'd HIGHLY recoomend it. Any more? Just get a great blu-ray player like this.
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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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Thx Gibo, but could you be a little be more specific... I mean... What format do Rip dvds have? If this upscaling dvd player cant... which one can?
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You can if your DVD has composite video output or HDMI output. Most DVD's are not 1080p, though.
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For standard DVD's there is no need to change the region setting. In this unit it is automatically detected from the media. For Blu-Ray disks, it must be set. The unit ships with a piece of paper included in the packaging (at least mine did) that states the sequence to enter into the remote at start-up to access the factory settings menu and make the assignment.
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My player doesn't upscale very well at all. And, I am hooked up using HDMI. No way does Blu-ray Disc compare to HD DVD. I used to have an HD-XA2 and an HD A35 and those players were amazing at upscaling. Sometimes you couldn't tell the difference between high-def and standard def.
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Get one of those DVD's specifically meant to adjust the settings on your tv so you can determine what the best settings are
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Nope, just slide the DVD in and hit the play botton...Nice little set.Good Luck,
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Thank you for your question. No matter the format that is being up-converted, up-conversion only works to a degree. It can't make programming not shot in 4K look as clean as true 4K material. It will do something to slightly improve the quality but it can't perform magic to programming not produced in the format. Thanks again very much.
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i sugest selecting the 480i output on your dvd player and letting your hdtv handle the video processing. but do so through hdmi or component video cables. then let the player do the video processing (upconversion) again and decide which picture you prefer. see the sound and vision mag article "upconversion: facts and fallacies" for more info on the subject.
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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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xavier, I was looking for the same feature set: an upscaling DVD player, converting PAL to NTSC, region-unlocked. I opted for a Pioneer DV-49AV hardware modified by 220-electronics to be region free to take advantage of the high quality conversion engine; I don't think the Pioneers accept a software region unlock code. Another suggestion might be the Philips DVP5982 which appears to have an unlock code but not quite as high a quality upscaling chipset as the Pioneer; I've not tried the 5982, but I've had good experiences with the older non-upscaling DVP5140 reading region 2 PAL DVDs.