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I have a new big-screen HDTV that is capable of 1080p, on the way. Sony Bravia KDL-40V4100. My family is old-fashioned and way behind the times in technology. All that we have is a 4-head vcr and a ton of VHS movies. I got a huge discount on this tv through my employer (by the vendor), so I went ahead and got a flat screen 40" tv. It was $600 bucks after taxes. They probably never will get HDTV (at least not right now), but I wanted that option there if they ever do.
I'm planning on buying a combination 4-head vcr/dvd player. I figure that maybe I should just get a combo vcr/dvd burner while I'm at it (it's not much more in price). For one reason...just to save some space later on, I figured that we might want to record from VHS to DVD and ditch the clunky VHS tapes - while keeping the movies. I know that the quality from VHS will still be VHS - even if dubbed onto a DVD, of course. But I have a couple of questions: Can all DVD burners record onto a dvd directly from the tv? I know that many record from VHS to DVD and vice versa, but I've only seen one so far that said you could record directly to DVD from the tv.
Keep in mind that my family doesn't even have cable - they use regular tv reception with rabbit ears. I just wanted to get them a thinner tv that was larger and easier to see. A blu-ray player is definitely not something we'll be getting. So what is my best bet for a dvd player? Will 1080p 'upconversion' dvd players look better on this tv than the typical 480p or whatever it is that regular dvd players play? Or would getting an upconverting dvd player (to 1080p) be a waste of money?
Secondly...what exactly is 'upconverting'? Is it beneficial to have? I'm confused as to how one can see a "1080p" (or 1080i) picture from like a 480 (or whatever it is) picture quality from a regular dvd?
Answer
Upconverting dvd players just take the 480 and do a fill in the lines thing so when the picture is displayed on an HD tv it looks a little better. Any dvd player, when hooked into your new tv will be upconverted by the tv, as all HD tvs upconvert any signal received to their native resolution, in your case 1080p. Some regular dvds, newer ones, look pretty good if your dvd player has component (red/green/blue) cable output, if not, nothing will look good carried over analog cables. So you could get a new dvd player with component output if you don't already have one, but you don't need the upconverting ones as your tv will do that anyway.
Your VCR will look bad. Don't copy to dvds as it's a losing effort.
And when you get your tv, if you are close enuf to transmission towers, run a scan for available digital channels, you will come up with quite a few HD stations without cable. Check the owner's manual for the procedure, but many antenna people get some nice HD that way, for free. Someone else said you'd need a converter box, that is not right, you're getting a digital tv which should continue working without a box in Feb, and there should also be more free HD coming your way. (So maybe you guys may want to get a better antenna as you'll have better reception with a more powerful outdoor? antenna, or even an indoor antenna with power boost.)
Upconverting dvd players just take the 480 and do a fill in the lines thing so when the picture is displayed on an HD tv it looks a little better. Any dvd player, when hooked into your new tv will be upconverted by the tv, as all HD tvs upconvert any signal received to their native resolution, in your case 1080p. Some regular dvds, newer ones, look pretty good if your dvd player has component (red/green/blue) cable output, if not, nothing will look good carried over analog cables. So you could get a new dvd player with component output if you don't already have one, but you don't need the upconverting ones as your tv will do that anyway.
Your VCR will look bad. Don't copy to dvds as it's a losing effort.
And when you get your tv, if you are close enuf to transmission towers, run a scan for available digital channels, you will come up with quite a few HD stations without cable. Check the owner's manual for the procedure, but many antenna people get some nice HD that way, for free. Someone else said you'd need a converter box, that is not right, you're getting a digital tv which should continue working without a box in Feb, and there should also be more free HD coming your way. (So maybe you guys may want to get a better antenna as you'll have better reception with a more powerful outdoor? antenna, or even an indoor antenna with power boost.)
I just bought a HD TV - Will my older DVD work well or do i also need to buy a HD DVD player?
Marc G
In other words will my current DVD player look good with my new HD flat screen LCD TV or do i also need to upgrade my DVD player? And if so what do you recommend? My new TV has 740P of resolution. (or something like that!)
Answer
Simple answer ... your old DVD player will probably work just fine, particularly if it can deliver a progressive rather than interlaced output (480p vs 480i).
Unless you have a really basic non-progressive DVD player (480i) and the HDTV is very large and has a poor scaler, the TV will upconvert the DVD output to HD (720p or 1080i) and the picture will look fine.
You don't state the size of your new HDTV, but if it is under at least 50" you are not likely to see significant benefit from an HD DVD or Blu-ray player.
My advice is to try it and only if you don't like the result then consider an upscaling progressive DVD player (about $150) or, if you WANT to spend a bit more, consider a basic HD DVD player (Toshiba HD-A2). The latter is an excellent upconverting DVD player for standard DVDs and also plays HD DVDs. You can currently buy the HD-A2 for $299 and the Matrix trilogy ($63) and get 7 free HD DVD movies (about a $200 value) if you buy from Amazon.com (US only).
Simple answer ... your old DVD player will probably work just fine, particularly if it can deliver a progressive rather than interlaced output (480p vs 480i).
Unless you have a really basic non-progressive DVD player (480i) and the HDTV is very large and has a poor scaler, the TV will upconvert the DVD output to HD (720p or 1080i) and the picture will look fine.
You don't state the size of your new HDTV, but if it is under at least 50" you are not likely to see significant benefit from an HD DVD or Blu-ray player.
My advice is to try it and only if you don't like the result then consider an upscaling progressive DVD player (about $150) or, if you WANT to spend a bit more, consider a basic HD DVD player (Toshiba HD-A2). The latter is an excellent upconverting DVD player for standard DVDs and also plays HD DVDs. You can currently buy the HD-A2 for $299 and the Matrix trilogy ($63) and get 7 free HD DVD movies (about a $200 value) if you buy from Amazon.com (US only).
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