Originally Posted By: ClubNeon
I don't know about the Reon chip, but to expand upon some of your thoughts...

The 4:2:0 to 4:4:4 chroma upscaling in the Oppo BDP-83 seems to be able to retrieve more color resolution from Blu-ray discs than any other sub-$2k player. It uses an Anchor Bay scaler. So it is possible to improve upon even Blu-rays.

Also, finding a DVD player which output 480i over HDMI is a bit difficult. Using 480p as an input into a scaler does have drawbacks, if it was de-interlaced poorly in the player (e.g. not taking into account film and handling everything as video--which is what the PS3 does). Again, Anchor Bay has a PReP - Progressive ReProcessing technology which re-interlaces progressive video to redo the job correctly.


Interesting. While I am quick to laud the PS3 with praise, I guess I'm not surprised that after a few years players would be passing it up. Has there been any review of the Oppo yet? Never mind - I AM NOT IN THE MARKET, I WANT NO NEW INFO ON BR PLAYERS.
I must go now, I am feeling the urge to research blu ray players.

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