Does it "up-scale" regular DVDs on play-back;also' does to do 4K up-scaling?
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Yes it does "upscale" regular DVDs. Regarding 4K I haven't checked but I dont think it will do.
1360412
1080p gives you a superior image, but the DVD player only upscales a 480p image to these much higher resolutions. Think of it as being translated to 1080i/p, your image quality doesn't vastly improve. So, as far as a 1080p vs 1080i dvd player, the argument is a moot point since the DVD's image cannot improve beyond a 480p image.
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Oh sorry duh lol my bad, I just wasn't sure, I'm new to the whole upscaling and blu-ray technology thanks I'm glad that someone took that time to respond to my question.
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yes it is true i didn't know that tell after i got it. It only works with smaller dvds.
1744162
Did You ever get an answer on this. I have the same deal, including 4:3 aspect DVDs which are stretched to what I call "fatscreen". I have fussed with everything imaginable. If you have an answer, please email me at <michael.steeno@us.army.mil>
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Backed up/ dvd copies cannot be upconverted because of the lower bit rate. The signal may be 1080p but it will still be the same 480p image. DVD copies may look even worse in 1080p on occasion, prone to video noise and such.
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I solved this. There is no upscaling of HDMI, thats they way it should be. I solved this for older SD DVDS that I play on my blue ray like this, I hooked up a second set of connections and when its old DVDs I switch the receiver to DVD instead of blueray and the upscaler makes them look very much better than just normal DVDs. When I say switch I mean just like you switch the receiver from one component to another its that simple. I am really liking my investment with this receiver.
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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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I've found that with upconverting machines, if you are playing back in the 720P/1080I/1080P modes the 4:3/letterboxed image will be "stretched". You need to reset the playback to 480i or 480p for these images. I have four such machines of different manufacturers and they all work this way. My HD-DVD and Blu-ray machines, though, do play 4:3/letterboxed images in the correct ratio format, even when I'm set to the hi-def modes. Hope this helps.
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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.
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That is not true as I only use standard DVD's and it is beautiful and works perfect. I really like this TV and would definitely buy it again as it does exactly what I purchased for.
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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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No, it only plays one disk at a time, but will play both Blu-Ray and DVDs from all regions.
564135
Yes. I have played two Region 2 DVD's satisfactorily. My only complaint is that the aspect appears to be too wide for the height, and I have found no way to change this.
1994979
The software does have hardware support so upscaling is pretty good. However,DVD MPEG decoder with upscaling has been freely available for sometime in codec packs and is a feature of VLC. I wouldn't spend money on this product or any DVD playback software if you weren't planning on watching Blurays.
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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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I have a Oppo Upconvert DVD player that is supposed to upconver to 1080p and to be honest I don't see much of a difference between the Oppo and a regular dvd. Am i doing something wrong? I have it connected to my samsung 4095D using HDMI cable.