Any suggestions on a nice one? I want to get one $60 or less.
2007-11-26 08:57:41 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Consumer Electronics ➔ Home Theater
Don't buy a low priced upconverting player ... your HDTV will do as good a (or better) job upcoverting a 480 signal, so you would be wasting your money. Either buy a good one (e.g. Oppo 981 @ $229 with cables) or get a HD-A3 HD DVD player on sale for about $250 (with 7 or 8 "free" HD DVD disks) ... the latter will do almost as good a job and play HD DVDs too.
As to HDMI cables monoprice ones at less than $10 are just as good as Monster at short distances (under 10 ft or so). See the link.
2007-11-26 09:49:16 · answer #1 · answered by agb90spruce 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you have a library of SD discs and are looking for high quality, high definition up-conversion with film-like picture quality, go with the Oppo 981HD unit. Upconverts 720x480 interlaced video encoded on DVD discs to 480p/720p/1080i and 1080p. Upconversion to 1080p enables the DV-981HD to be a perfect match for TV's with native 1080 resolution. Optimal video quality is ensured by having the upconversion process performed directly by the DVD player. Uses Faroudja video processing technology, there is no-better chip on the market today. Definitely utilize an HDMI cable, (included with the Oppo981), You want to ensure transfer is digital from the DVD player to your display. I buy from http://mycablemart.com. Dont ever never EVER get sucked into the marketing hype about Monster cables. That's the biggest waste of money on home theater gear today. Way overpriced and no better than anything else out there.
2007-11-28 06:35:12 · answer #2 · answered by mike1084 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have to echo agb's response with some more emphasis:
The up-converted video only comes out the HDMI jack on these players. So you must use an HDMI cable.
MonoPrice has some good cables for low prices and the digital signals work great with inexpensive cables.
With a true HD-DVD player being $199, this would be a better choice if you can swing the extra cash.
No, the Toshiba HD-A3 does NOT come with a HDMI cable as far as I know.
2007-11-26 10:08:09 · answer #3 · answered by Grumpy Mac 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Nice cable or nice DVD player?
I assume a player for under - I saw a whole bunch in Cicruit City today - Philips, Sony, etc. If your TV has HDMI input - get the player with has HDMI output, and get a inexpensive HDMI cable - can be bought online for under $10.
www.monoprice.com
2007-11-26 09:36:52 · answer #4 · answered by AM 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋