Does this upscale dvd's? Deos this player upscale dvd's?
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Is your video connected via component cables or HDMI ? According to the chart on p.61 on the manual, it will only upscale via the HDMI OUT jack and the Output Video Format setting on "HDMI". If you use component cables and try to play a DVD, it will only display it in 480p.
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Thx Gibo, but could you be a little be more specific... I mean... What format do Rip dvds have? If this upscaling dvd player cant... which one can?
2126555
So my non-hd movies from other regions would be able to play on this player in the upconversions with no problem? Thanks for the info.
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My player doesn't upscale very well at all. And, I am hooked up using HDMI. No way does Blu-ray Disc compare to HD DVD. I used to have an HD-XA2 and an HD A35 and those players were amazing at upscaling. Sometimes you couldn't tell the difference between high-def and standard def.
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I don't understand your comment. I have a Samsung Blu ray 4k upscale DVD player and it has performed very well. I number of blu rays DVD's look better than on a normal HD tv especially the 4k mastered ones that I have are excellent. I think the blu rays DVD's upscaled to near 4k rival the best movie theaters I have been to. With regular DVD's, there appears to be some upscaling but you tend to not get the color brilliance and definition that you get with blu rays.
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Upscaling and upconverting are used interchangeably though I'm sure the definitions my technically be different. As far as DVD's are concerned, neither do anything to the sound quality and applies to video quality as far as I know. The "up convert" capabilities of the Samsung DVD-C500 results in an excellent 1080p resolution. It still isn't true HD! No DVD upscale (or up converting) player will ever result a true HD picture, but this unit produces video of fantastic quality via HDMI in my opinion.
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I don't think so.But, as I am concerned, I wouls not rebuy that player.Cannot read many many DVD Blu ray.
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Mine plays DVDs better than any DVD player. Return your unit and get another one.
702976
You're welcome. I ended up adjusting the screen size through my HDTV, I have a Samsung that has a 'fill screen option' and it seems to work better because it doesn't cut the edges off. I love the quality of the picture of my dvds. so much better than the regular dvd player I had. Maybe some day I'll switch to Blu-ray, but for now this works just great!
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All of the answers given are very accurate. My only issue (and it may be something I didn't do) is that I do not feel the 1080p up-conversion of standard dvd's is that great compared to an older sony BDP-S590. But all in all, a great player with far faster load times and audio quality and beautiful Bluray quality. And if anyone knows the secret to great up conversion with this machine, feel free to comment
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Sorry! I have no idea. I got that DVD player as a gift for some one I know.
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Yes, it does upscale old consoles, and with great results. I'm currently using one of these myself to upscale my NES, SNES, Genesis, and Dreamcast. The resulting picture quality still isn't as great as using an old tube tv, but it's a huge improvement. Currently playing Gaiares on the Genesis and the colors and sprites all look real good. I think some systems tend to look better through the upscaler than others, however, as my Gamecube still looks muddy as hell, but the dreamcast gives me some sharper picture quality. Overall, though, I think it's worth the money.
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This DVD player has both a hdmi connection as well as a RCA connection so you can hook it up to pretty much any tv that you might have. Just keep in mind that if you are using the RCA (red white and yellow ports) you will not be able to upscale your DVDs
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The HT-C5500 plays both DVD and Blue Ray. It will also upscale a Standard Definition DVD to play it in HD.
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Yes the LG BH200 (and the earlier less capable BH100) all played and upscaled DVD very well.
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Watch the "fine print" in the promo video - - 4K is only available if the display device (HDTV) can display 4K. If you have a 4K HDTV, the TV will upscale Blu ray (1080p), DVD (480i) and cable (720p & 1080i) to 4K. Also, upscaling cannot add detail to the source material that isn't there; upscaling is adding more pixels to source material to make it compatible to the fixed pixel of the display which requires its native resolution of either 720p (older HDTV), 1080p (HDTV from about 2008 & newer) and 4K (introduced now and future). So REGARDLESS of your source material, a 4K display device will upscale ANY compatible signal to 4K. A component like a Blu ray or AVR is used to upscale IF its upscale circuitry is better than the display device - Oppo Blu ray players are expensive because it has great DVD (480i) upscaling and options for audio enthusiasts.
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Yes, this feature does exist with this player but much to my chagrin, it does not circumvent the restrictions of certain DVD'S which don't allow this feature to be used.