Re: Need help choosing an upscaling 5 disc DVD player
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FYI, just got this notification for a Blu-Ray changer: Crestron Blu-ray changer
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Re: Need help choosing an upscaling 5 disc DVD player
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Re: Need help choosing an upscaling 5 disc DVD player
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Agreed. I'd rather put my money into system sound or picture quality (or a vacation) and get up every once in a while to change discs!
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I'll find a way to get up and change discs myself before I spend that much money!
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So all this time, it's been about money?
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Hey boys,
My mom hooked up the new DVD player and I'm really happy with it so far (more tweaking required); it has a far better picture than my Samsung DVD-1080P8, and the audio is just phenomenal!
As I mentioned in a previous post, it was suggested to try HDMI (which I'm currently running at 1080i) at 480p to see which gives me a better picture, but 480p doesn't qualify as high definition television. Is the only reason the picture may be better is that it's a progressive video format? I believe the unit can also output 720p, so shouldn't I try that resolution also?
Thanks again everyone.
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No matter what resolution you choose, if the picture fills your TV screen then it is being scaled somewhere.
The reason to choose 480i/p, is because that is the resolution stored on the DVD, which eliminates the scaling done in the player and allows the AVR (if it supports scaling of the HDMI input--many don't) or TV to do the work.
720p, isn't all that great of a choice because it is only half-scaled, and then the picture has to be processed again by the TV to get it up to the screen size. But have a look, some people swear by multiple smaller scaling steps in Photoshop (I don't).
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Thank you very much for the detailed description Chris, I was beginning to think it was a stupid question and something I should know, but I learn from you guys. Right now I've only watched a couple DVDs via HDMI at 1080I and I really can't imagine the picture getting any better, hopefully next week when I'm up again I'll be able to try it at the other resolutions.
I know I've mentioned in my last post about how impressed I was with the sound, but I had a chance to watch Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds Live at Radio City and I was absolutely blown away; I heard things that I've never heard before, it's really that good. The surround sound is more enveloping, and I could make out what Dave and Tim are saying to their stage hand and each other, along with audience members hollering at them. For the price it's an amazing player, I just hope I can operate it fully with my Harmony 1000 because apparently isn't possible as per Logitech and their forum members.
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I just went through the manual and under the audio setup there are two different options-48kHz/16bit (the default) and 96kHz/24bit; should I change it to 96kHz/24bit?
Thanks
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I think so, as that lets a 96/24 signal go to your AVR. I think!
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