Samsung up-convert DVD Player

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I bought a hd tuner/dvd player which upconverts all my dvds and gives me
an extra digital tuner. It is an LG Brand from Best Buy for 399.00 .
It does an excellent job of upconverting all my dvds to near hd
quality. I love it and have started watching my dvds again. Since
buying a 57 "hd Toshiba widescreen tv, I haven't enjoyed standard dvds
much. This new hd receiver/dvd player has brought back the joy in my
dvds and is well worth the money to me. I have no experience with the
Samsung dvd player you are talking about. Sorry.


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MikeD-C05

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On 14-Sep-2004, MikeD-C05 <MikeD-C05.1cl6hl@nobody.satelliteguys.us> wrote:

> It does an excellent job of upconverting all my dvds to near hd
> quality. I love it and have started watching my dvds again. Since
> buying a 57 "hd Toshiba widescreen tv, I haven't enjoyed standard dvds
> much. This new hd receiver/dvd player has brought back the joy in my
> dvds and is well worth the money to me.

Really? I love - just love - watching DVDs on my 55" Mits Diamond series
HDTV. I have a progressive scan DVD player - AV Industries X-100 (they seem
to be out of business now - glad I haven't had any trouble with the player,
knock on wood) - and my Widescreen Enhanced DVDs look absolutely stunning in
480p mode. I'm told that many of the movies shown on the HD movies channels
are simply HD up-converts from the DVD. I can believe it. Check out "The
Fifth Element". Corny movie, but incredibly beautiful. High bitrate encoding
brings exceptions clarity. It's my "benchmark" DVD.

Now... here's my question:

I'm considering buying a Momitsu V880 from a friend. It upconverts to 1080i
on the Component outs (most players - like the Samsung - only upconvert out
the DVI). If the difference is as great as you say (and, unlike you, I
already *love* my DVDs in 480p), then I should be ecstatic once I get a
chance to see this thing in action upconverting to 1080i - which I'll do if
my friend ever finds the remote to the thing so I can try it out :-(

Does anyone else have any (albeit subjective) experience with upconverting
DVD players? I'd be interested in hearing your views (pun intended).

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"MikeD-C05" <MikeD-C05.1cl6hl@nobody.satelliteguys.us> wrote in message
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>
> I bought a hd tuner/dvd player which upconverts all my dvds and gives me
> an extra digital tuner. It is an LG Brand from Best Buy for 399.00 .
> It does an excellent job of upconverting all my dvds to near hd
> quality. I love it and have started watching my dvds again. Since
> buying a 57 "hd Toshiba widescreen tv, I haven't enjoyed standard dvds
> much. This new hd receiver/dvd player has brought back the joy in my
> dvds and is well worth the money to me. I have no experience with the
> Samsung dvd player you are talking about. Sorry.
>
>
> --
> MikeD-C05

I have experience with both. The Samsung has far better quality yhan the
LG. That is why I always buy separate components. I am waiting fot the
Samsung DVD-HD941.

The LG has too many digital artifacts that should have been erradicated on
all DVD players years ago. The Samsung has excellent sound. I could not
use the Samsung because I would have to keep unpluing and plugin the DVI
cable back in. It is no compaticble with my set, a JVC 34WP..? The only
JVC 34" HDTV! I am waith for that Panasonic DVD-S97S. This seems to be a
mystery deck. The Toshiba seems to be officially out now.