Good DVD player that can Upsample without HDMI

[NaOH]

I need a recommendation for a player that won't break the bank that would be able to do this. I also need it to play dvd+r DL discs. Thanks!

 

[Kaido]

Oppo 971 for $200 with free shipping at Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00078...f=pd_bbs_1/102-9450640-3284145?ie=UTF8

Edit: It's a great DVD player; I can tell you that much from personal experience. I just got rid of mine because I'm upgrading to a media center. Very awesome DVD player. DVDs were crystal clear on my projector. Very slim unit too and the DVD tray was made of some kind of nifty break-proof material (you could bend it without snapping).

 

[NaOH]

Uuuu...that looks good. Fair price too.

 

[conehead433]

The 971 only upsamples over HDMI as well as many of the DVD players out there. Very few upsample over component but Zenith 318, a couple of LG players to name a couple that do. Head over to AVSforum and check out this thread.

 

[tigerbait]

You say no HDMI, I would assume that means no DVI either, since that conversion can be done with a $5 cable. link to HDMI to DVI cable That Oppo only upconverts with DVI.

I have a Zenith DVB-318, which is really a rebadged LG DV7832. It can upconvert via component, and it has Faroudja DCDi scaling. It's probably discontinued, but you may be able to find one from Ebay.

edit: conehead beat me to it, re: Zenith dvb-318. haven't tried any dual layer discs though.

 

[Nutdotnet]

Originally posted by: tigerbait
You say no HDMI, I would assume that means no DVI either, since that conversion can be done with a $5 cable. link to HDMI to DVI cable That Oppo only upconverts with DVI.

I have a Zenith DVB-318, which is really a rebadged LG DV7832. It can upconvert via component, and it has Faroudja DCDi scaling. It's probably discontinued, but you may be able to find one from Ebay.

edit: conehead beat me to it, re: Zenith dvb-318. haven't tried any dual layer discs though.

Yeah, what he said. You may only have DVI but a simple HDMI-DVI cable would work just fine.

 

[NaOH]

OO IC. I don't have much knowledge about hdmi. I thought that it had to be an hdmi cable or else some protection thing won't work. (HDCP?). If I can easily use a hdmi to dvi cable than excellent!

 

[Doggiedog]

I've got a Zenith DVB318 which upsamples to 1080i on component. Its got a few bugs but the picture is nice. Not sure if they make them anymore though.

Edit: Whoops got beat twice.

 

[A5]

Originally posted by: AMDUALY
OO IC. I don't have much knowledge about hdmi. I thought that it had to be an hdmi cable or else some protection thing won't work. (HDCP?). If I can easily use a hdmi to dvi cable than excellent!

HDCP only applies to future HD content. An HDMI-DVI cable would be great for you.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Note that the oppo and similar players (panasonic S77 / S97) suffer from macroblocking when upconverting. You may get better results just running 480p from the player and letting your set do all the conversions. I got better results with 480p and letting my Panasonic AE900U do the dirty work compared to the 720p output of my S77.

 

[Rage187]

Samsung HD841

can upconvert over DVi or Component with a known hack.

 

[Dr. Detroit]

I think mine does, I changed the settings to Component. Then again I could be wrong? I paid $70 at Sears about 6-months back.

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