My problem is that I really have no basis for comparison of upscalers. I've not seen a 'good' one. I've not seen a 'bad' one. I've read reviews but it really doesn't do much for me. I need to see it in my own living room to really understand.

My DVD/SACD player is a Denon 1920 that upscales to 480p via a Faroudja chip. It looks fine to me. Not BR quality but ok. DVD's on the PS3 to 1080P look about the same. I can't really tell a difference.

My Dish box upscales everything to 1080i. That's the primary source I'm curious about w/ a better upscaler. I don't know if sending that signal through an AVR's upscaler to 1080p will make any difference, + or -.

My AppleTV outputs everything at 1080p, and it looks *really* good, IMHO. Even SD movies look better than DVD. And the HD movies look fantastic. As good as HDTV and nearly as good as BluRay. It just doesn't have the new lossless HD audio formats.



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