[jrastama]

I recently purchased the Sharp 42D72U LCD TV. I'm looking to add a new DVD player to it that will hopefully upscale to 1080i or better yet 1080p. So, I'm looking at these three players:


Sony DVPNS75H

Samsung DVD-1080P7

Pioneer DV-400V


I can't seem to make up my mind. Any opinions?


I don't want to buy into HD DVD yet... just looking for a $100 upscaler for now.

 

[BillP]

I'd go Sony or Oppo.

 

[jrastama]

Does Oppo make a upscaler near 1080p for close to $100? If so, do you know the model number?


I don't know anything about Oppo. I may have to do some research.

 

[louthewiz]

 http://www.oppodigital.com/?partner=111

 

[nb6z]



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Originally Posted by jrastama /forum/post/0


I recently purchased the Sharp 42D72U LCD TV. I'm looking to add a new DVD player to it that will hopefully upscale to 1080i or better yet 1080p. So, I'm looking at these three players:


Sony DVPNS75H

Samsung DVD-1080P7

Pioneer DV-400V


I can't seem to make up my mind. Any opinions?


I don't want to buy into HD DVD yet... just looking for a $100 upscaler for now.

I can tell you I am pleased with the upscale picture I am getting from the DVD-1080p7 I have had for 2 weeks. Was using component video cables to my pana 42' TV with a pane progressive scan player. Now using the HDMI (720p) output to the panel. There are some minor firmware bugs that Samsung says they will fix in an upgrade, but for $89 I really think I will enjoy this player.

 

[hokierob]

I cannot complain about the Samsung 1080p7. Really great picture.

 

[aktizol]



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Originally Posted by nb6z /forum/post/0


I can tell you I am pleased with the upscale picture I am getting from the DVD-1080p7 I have had for 2 weeks. Was using component video cables to my pana 42' TV with a pane progressive scan player. Now using the HDMI (720p) output to the panel. There are some minor firmware bugs that Samsung says they will fix in an upgrade, but for $89 I really think I will enjoy this player.

what are these bugs you are mentioning?

 

[sabt]



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Originally Posted by BillP /forum/post/0


I'd go Sony or Oppo.

The OP stated around $100. The Oppo 970 is $149 new or $119 refurbished (plus $12 shipping outside of California)


I'd go with the Sony which is $70 refurbished. I've had both an Oppo 981 and the Sony. Not impressed with the Oppo.

 

[cavu]



Quote:
Originally Posted by jrastama /forum/post/0


I'm looking to add a new DVD player to it that will hopefully upscale to 1080i or better yet 1080p

Why!?

Read the link in my sig below...

 

[bluechunks]



Quote:
Originally Posted by jrastama /forum/post/0


I'm looking to add a new DVD player to it that will hopefully upscale to 1080i or better yet 1080p.

FWIW, I recently replaced a Sony DVPNS75H with the Oppo 981HD. My TV (Sony 40XBR2) is a 1080p set and will accept a 1080p HDMI signal and I found the best quality I could get out of the 75H was outputting 480p and then letting the TV do the scaling since the 75H could only output a 1080i signal. I don't know if this was a player issue or TV issue, but somewhere in the journey from 480i to 1080i to 1080p something was not working as well as it could.


The Oppo will output a full 1080p over HDMI and looks great to my eyes for the price. I think you would have to move up to a much higher priced Denon , or external scaler, to beat the quality of the Oppo.

Oppo 981HD Review