Posted by Allan on 01/16/02 11:46

On Mon, 01 May 2006 13:50:15 GMT, Jeff Rife <wevsr@nabs.net> wrote:

>>
>> So why another machine that 'may' have these improvements that 'could'
>> be available in a few months matters to this discussion is lost on me.
>
>What improvements? There was nothing specific in any of those reviews
>other than "it looks good", which is expected. There were no comparisons
>against the very best upconversion systems.

And where are those 'easy to find' reviews saying that it does a worse
job?

>> >Wow, get out my checkbook.
>>
>> Well if you want a HD DVD player that does a fine job at unconverting
>> you just might.
>
>"Looked a little better" equals "fine job" to you?

No one said it looked "a little better"... in fact:

"I have been playing with my HD-A1 for a while now. The upconverting
is phenomenal, some of the best I've ever seen."

>This is why I don't
>think you can read very well.

You seem to skip over a few things yourself.

>> >Again, if you read around AVS Forum, you'll see that nobody who is
>> >serious about getting quality from upconverting DVDs will use a CE player
>> >to do so.
>>
>> Actually anyone that is "serious" about upconverting would use a
>> 'scaler' in the their home theatre system.
>
>All upconversion is "scaling"...duh.

No shit sherlock.

>But, it's best not to do it after
>you lose access to the MPEG-2 data. Good external scalers do a fine
>job and can be applied to all outputs, but cost a *lot* of money to do
>it very well. It's much cheaper and better to do it inside the player,
>and that's what serious people do...they just don't use CE players.

Not all Scalers are created equal, and "serious" folks don't mind
spending the $$$.... for me, just don't have the system to justify it.

From your favorite forum:

http://www.avforums.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-231085.html

"Better off investing in a scaler/deinterlacer than getting an
upconverting dvd player"

Nuff said.







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