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Kenther2004

Discussion Starter · Feb 23, 2005

please accept my apologies if the following should be obvious to me. i recently bought a pioneer 4340 plasma setup. i love it. it's time for a new dvd player. i keep reading on this forum about "upconverting" dvd players. why would i want such a unit? doesn't my new plasma do the same upconverting.

in any case, i would appreciate advice on purchasing a new dvd player. i'm not into bells and whistles. i would like a player with good pic quality, ease of use and reliability. thanks very much.

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WarrenBuffett

· #2 · Feb 23, 2005

Depending on your budget you can get a Denon 2910 for appx $500 that will complement your plasma exceptionally well with the HMDI output. Considering its appx 10% of the cost of your display I think that it is probably the best chioce and I don't feel the scaling ability of the plasma when used with a sub $300 player will best the picture produced by this DVD player.

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Kenther2004

Discussion Starter · #3 · Feb 23, 2005

can i set the denon (or any other upscaling player) to output 720p to my pio 4340 plasma? i believe that is the native resolution of the 4340.

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Bob Pariseau

· #4 · Feb 24, 2005

Kenther2004,

Yup, your plasma does the same up-scaling, but the player might do it better. For the basics of what's going on here and why you might or might not see a better picture with an up-scaling player, see the following "primer" thread at the top of this forum:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...hreadid=477740

As you'll see in that thread, it's hard to predict whether YOU will see an improved picture, and about the only way to know for sure is to try it, preferably with a unit you can return if you don't think you are getting value for the money.

The "options/impressions" thread, also at the top of this forum, has summary information in its first post regarding many of the up-scaling players currently under discussion here.

--Bob

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Kenther2004

Discussion Starter · #5 · Feb 24, 2005

thanks. i just read your article. extremely informative. i think i'll try my sony non-progressive dvd player first, then consider moving up to an upscaling model.

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