Upconversion of AUDIO !!?? My question is: Does an upconversion DVD player upconvert the AUDIO as well as the video?
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David, This would normally be an easy question to answer, as yes, according to the Sony website, one should see improvements with audio as well as video with this particular upconverting dvd player. Yet what you wrote leaves me with some questions as to your home set-up. Could you please elaborate on how you are connecting your dvd player, receiver, and television together? I only ask because my experience with standard DVD quality audio has always been phenomenal, and not once have I ever felt it was "simple stereo", save for when I watch older movies not encoded in DTS 5.1 or Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
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No, not even. This takes RCA audio and converts it to a standard male headphone jack. A DVD player has RCA audio jacks but I don't think this is what you are looking for at all.
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What about SD-DVD up-conversion? I have a Denon DVD-3910 and a PS3. The PS3 upscales DVDs better than the 3910; in some cases, a lot better. Is the Oppo better than the PS3 in this regard?
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No. Mine works fine in terms of the audio. Can it be the dvd you're playing?
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My understanding is you cannot upconvert copy protected discs using a component connection. If using a digital connection [HDMI/DVI] then both copy protected and non-protected discs will upconvert. Since the DV-981HD is HDMI only, then there shouldn't be an issue upconverting your backed up discs as you can only use this player with a HDMI/DVI compatible display.
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Actually I purchased the DVD for my brother who lives in other country and took the DVD player with him. We put USB drives and Data DVD's with videos in AVI format, and played them without difficult. Probably some videos were in another format but I don't remember, the fact is that all the videos in the media were played. I don't think it would be able to read video formats from camcorders or Digital cameras without conversion to playable formats.
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You may be correct, be that as it may, Criterion has high quality transfer and I did state that "with copy protection or ANY original ones". Maybe my back-up dvds are compressed in a different way, I'm not sure, but when I run it in the Oppo, it doesn't look any different, actually, sometimes, some back-up dvds looked worst(because of artifacts) than when I play them in a regular 480p player. One thing I noticed, on the Oppo, if the disc transfer is imperfect, then you will see the imperfections. Oh, I did read the specs, it does say that it will play +R, -R dvds, DIVX, (almost anything..)but doesn't necessarily say "Upconvert". You may be correct, be that as it may, Criterion has high quality transfer and I did state that "with copy protection or ANY original ones". Maybe my back-up dvds are compressed in a different way, I'm not sure, but when I run it in the Oppo, it doesn't look any different, actually, sometimes, some back-up dvds looked worst(because of artifacts) than when I play them in a regular 480p player. One thing I noticed, on the Oppo, if the disc transfer is imperfect, then you will see the imperfections. Oh, I did read the specs, it does say that it will play +R, -R dvds,... » Read More You may be correct, be that as it may, Criterion has high quality transfer and I did state that "with copy protection or ANY original ones". Maybe my back-up dvds are compressed in a different way, I'm not sure, but when I run it in the Oppo, it doesn't look any different, actually, sometimes, some back-up dvds looked worst(because of artifacts) than when I play them in a regular 480p player. One thing I noticed, on the Oppo, if the disc transfer is imperfect, then you will see the imperfections. Oh, I did read the specs, it does say that it will play +R, -R dvds, DIVX, (almost anything..)but doesn't necessarily say "Upconvert". « Show Less
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According to the information provided, the TV "upconverts" automatically. In any event, I like the picture quality very much. I have not watched much UHD material, but the ordinary picture is very good. No complaints. The overall quality in my experience is just fine, too.
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This system will upconvert to 1080i, but only when using HDMI. It isn't a very good upscale, however, and seems quite blocky for picture quality. This came as a bit of a shock as the PS3 upconverts and upscales so well for DVD's that they almost appear to be in high def. Don't get this system for it's DVD playback capabilities!
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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 Cohen World Wide Stereo
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Thanks Victor for the info. i am trying to burn the 1080p content onto DVD-R to see if PS3 can play. It turns out it does see the files and plays them but the audio is choppy. i tried cooying the file directly onto the PS3 Harddrive, even then the audio is choppy...the video is playing well though. any thoughts on how to make the audio better ?
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Thanks. I always wanted a Delorean--wouldn't have guessed it would come in this format, or via Amazon!My (older, though HD) tv does have component outputs, which I currently use. But if what you say is correct for this and other blu-ray players, it doesn't seem to make much sense to purchase a blu-ray player (I have a large collection of standard DVDs, including lots of Criterion Collection, which would benefit from upconversion; I'm not much for the blow it up movies that have so far dominated blu-ray production) unless and until we replace our tv with one equipped with HDMI inputs. That day will eventually come, but maybe not so soon. Thanks. I always wanted a Delorean--wouldn't have guessed it would come in this format, or via Amazon!My (older, though HD) tv does have component outputs, which I currently use. But if what you say is correct for this and other blu-ray players, it doesn't seem to make much sense to purchase a blu-ray player (I have a large collection of standard DVDs, including lots of Criterion Collection, which would benefit from upconversion; I'm not much for the blow it up movies that have so far dominated blu-ray production) unless and until we replace our tv with one equipped with HDMI inputs.... » Read More Thanks. I always wanted a Delorean--wouldn't have guessed it would come in this format, or via Amazon!My (older, though HD) tv does have component outputs, which I currently use. But if what you say is correct for this and other blu-ray players, it doesn't seem to make much sense to purchase a blu-ray player (I have a large collection of standard DVDs, including lots of Criterion Collection, which would benefit from upconversion; I'm not much for the blow it up movies that have so far dominated blu-ray production) unless and until we replace our tv with one equipped with HDMI inputs. That day will eventually come, but maybe not so soon. « Show Less
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HDCP requirements forbid DVD players from upconverting copy-protected DVD content to greater than 480p over component video for piracy reasons (since it's a non-encrypted analogue signal). If the disc is not CSS encrypted, then it can upconvert to 1080i on this player. Unfortunately, almost every commercially pressed DVD is CSS encoded.Some players can be hacked to bypass the HDCP restrictions. I have heard that a firmware hack exists for this player... do a Google search and I'm sure you'll find it. I can't vouch for it, myself.
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One more question - with DVD movies it seems like we can only hear the dialog in the center channel speaker...any way to fix this?thanks,-kevin
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Thanks N. Singh. Glad to hear about the standard def direct TV box. Still puzzled why the 910 will upconvert the TV signal (both audio and video) coming in via component but only the video and not the audio signal from the DVD player also coming in via component.
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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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I just picked one up from BB today, and the included manual isn't much more helpful. According to the manual, it is going to be up to the individual production of discs as far as what you'll be able to get from components. IF the protection is enabled, without HDMI you will only be able to view 480i or 480p. 720p or 1080i, either through HD DVD or upconverted SD DVD would/could be blocked. Hope this helps. Like I said, I have the unit and I'm watching it now with SD DVDs until tomorrow, and the upconversion is MUCH better than my previous Toshiba DVD upconversion player. Star Wars III was absolutely fantastic (picture wise. Unfortunately this unit cannot yet "upconvert" poor scripts, but I digress). If anyone wants to ask anymore questions, I'll be picking up a couple HD DVDs tomorrow (Tuesday 4/18) as well as getting some from Netflix, so I'll have plenty of review material.