Here's the thing. I recently purchased a great Philips 23" LCD TV. No complaints, it is a fantastic bright colourful picture.
My 9 year-old Pioneer 515 player still works fine. But I thought about buying an upscaling DVD player, so that my DVDs can look the best possible. (No cash for a PS3 or blu-ray player right now, especially at UK prices.)
But after hunting round the net it occured to me that the LCD tv should do the upscaling -because how else could the images be shown on the increased resolution? A few forums seemed to confirm this - a good quality HDTV will do a better job of upscaling (or upconverting) than a cheap / mid-price upscaling dvd player. They both have the upscaling chip. In fact, some said that two lots of upscaling will make the picture worse.
Can anyone confrim all this? thanks
My 9 year-old Pioneer 515 player still works fine. But I thought about buying an upscaling DVD player, so that my DVDs can look the best possible. (No cash for a PS3 or blu-ray player right now, especially at UK prices.)
But after hunting round the net it occured to me that the LCD tv should do the upscaling -because how else could the images be shown on the increased resolution? A few forums seemed to confirm this - a good quality HDTV will do a better job of upscaling (or upconverting) than a cheap / mid-price upscaling dvd player. They both have the upscaling chip. In fact, some said that two lots of upscaling will make the picture worse.
Can anyone confrim all this? thanks
