"If I buy a HDMI player, do I also need to buy an new system receiver? What about a progressive scan player?"

Asked by poorgradstudent 30 months ago

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My old DVD player has died and I need to replace it. My TV has a HDMI outlet, but my system other than the TV is old. I am a student and can't afford expensive equipment now. I want to get a good player, but do not want to by anything extra to accommodate it. I am looking at either "Sony DVP-NS57P/S Progressive Scan DVD Player" or "Philips DVP5960 DVD Player with HDMI, 1080i Upscaling, DivX Ultra, USB direct" both now under $60. Can anyone help?


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"How good is the scaler in your TV?"
 by Raven07 on Aug 13 2007 (30 months ago)
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Either player will work with your setup. The Sony will connect to the TV via component cables for video and via the coaxial digital audio out on the DVD player to your receiver’s DVD coaxial digital audio input for surround sound. The Philips will connect to TV via the HDMI input for video and via the coaxial digital audio out on the DVD player to our receiver’s DVD coaxial digital audio input for surround sound. The Sony will provide a 480p signal to your TV and your TV will provide the upscaling to it’s native resolution, 720p or 1080i. The Philips can upscale the signal to 1080i prior to sending it to your TV. If your TV is natively 1080i no further scaling would be required. You don’t list what brand and model TV you are using so I don’t know it’s native resolution or the quality of it’s scaler compared to the Philips DVD players scaler. If your TV's scaler is better than the Philips' scaler stick with the Sony, if not go with the Philips.
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"Get the Philips for the upscaling"
 by rotterdammer on Aug 13 2007 (30 months ago)
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Both players have progressive scan and component outputs. Only the Philips has upscaling, which is quite important to get a better picture on an HDTV set. While it cannot introduce more detail in the picture, it does help to spread the picture better over the more numerous pixels that an HDTV has. I am assuming that your current TV is already HDTV, as it has an HDMI connection.
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A quick comparison on pricegrabber, filtering on 1080p upconversion, HDMI output and digital audio (coaxial) output results in these models:
Philips DVP5982/37
Sony DVP-NS77H/B
The Philips can be had for $60.
Take a look for yourself:
http://electronics.pricegrabber.com/dvd-players/p/75/adv=1/popup2%5B%5D=10%3A1855/popup5%5B%5D=10%3A372/popup6%5B%5D=30%3A5/adv=1/lo_p=0/hi_p=0/x=56/y=9
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