is there a noticable difference between a progessive scan dvd player and a upconversion dvd player?

Question

i have a 1080i 32' t.v. i have a regular dvd progresive scan dvd player hooked up to it. and since hd dvd players are to much right now and dont have a wide selection, im thinkin about just getting a upconversion dvd player. but is it worth 80-100 bucks? is there actually a difference in video quility? thank you

Answer 1

You probably won't even notice the difference on a 32" tv or less. Remember that it doesn't matter what resolution your tv can display or the resolution of an upconvert player, normal dvds are mastered only at 480p. Take your favorite dvd to the store and put it in a progressive and upconvert player to compare. I have an upconvert dvd player and it does look a little bit better than my progressive scan player but it maybe because it's a higher quality player and i had it connect to my tv with HDMI.

Answer 2

I recommend you save your money and buy the cheapest DVD player with component video out. 90% of the DVD players use the same DVD chip from MediaTek. Progressive out is now almost free.

The max resolution of a DVD movie is 480 lines. The native resolution of your TV is 720 lines. Either your DVD player will scale up or your TV. Most HDTVs have better scalers/deinterlacers than progressive DVD players, so let your TV do all the scaling/deinterlacing and save your money.

So here are two scenarios
a) DVD (480i -> 480p -> 720p) -> TV (DVD 720p -> TV 720p)
(The TV may need to do some minor scaling to compensate for overscan/underscan, etc.)

b) DVD 480i -> TV (480i->720p)

Method b) uses only one scaler (the TVs) so you will probably less artifacts and better picture.

Answer 3

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