Which Up-converting DVD player SHOULD I buy? 10 points to the best answer.?

Question

Which Upconverting DVD player should I buy?

Since I'm completly not interested in buying an HD-DVD player or a Blu-Ray player until the prices come down and their is a clearer winner between to the two, I need an upconverting DVD player.

Im deciding between:
Philips DVP5960
Samsung DVD HD860 (the HD 960 is more money but does it play more files?)
Sony DVP-NS75H
(You can mention/recommend another if you like)

I've got a 42 inch plasma that does a beautiful 1080i picture and I'm LOOKING for the unit that has the best picture quality but can play burned DVD-Rs/DVD+Rs the best.

I'll hook it up through HDMI with HDMI cables I got from monoprice.com (I refuse to buy Monster cables for those prices).

If anyone has one of these players or has another than please, by all means say something.

Answer 1

You are under the false assumption that the DVD player you will buy will do a better job in upscaling/deinterlacing than your TV.
However, it is quite possible that your TV has a better scaler/deinterlacer and you are just wasting money.

80+% of all DVD players out there use the MediaTek DVD processor.
Unless the DVD player uses a Faroudja-equivalent scaler, buy the cheapest DVD player with HDMI output

Answer 2

DVD Flick wasn't telling you that you didn't have enough hard drive space, it was telling you that there is not enough space on your blank disc. Don't even bother to look, because it aint gonna happen. My guess is you were trying to write 9.25GB of data to a 4.5GB blank disc. All the programs you mention work with regular 4.5GB discs. You need to be writing it to an 8.5GB dual layer disc, and even then it would only fit if it had the living sh*t compressed out of it. It would be unwatchable. The size of this file makes me think its a Blu Ray movie, in which case to make a proper DVD you would need a blu ray writer in your PC and some 25GB Blu Ray R discs (TDK x2 speed are £9.37 or roughly about $16.50 each). Cheaper to go to the movies.

Answer 3

Before I bought my DVD player I ran a search on all the reviews. I found pricegrabber.com to be helpful. If you have a digital TV there shouldn't be any conversion needed - [it's digital to digital]. Conversion becomes a factor when converting to analog.

Answer 4

Ask the people at the store witch one would be more compatable with your plazma, I have a Samsung and it is a home theater that rocks

Answer 5

samsung or the sony....it depends on your tv...if you have a sony keep it all sony....if you have a samsung then do the same