Re: DVD Upconversion:Noticeable difference in picture? or selling gimmick?

I can easily tell the difference between a regular component out DVD
and an upconverting player with HDMI.

On Feb 28, 3:41 pm, "deadendDan" <jf...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"lbbss" <labi...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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I have a 42 plasma, so I was wondering if I should buy a upconversion
DVD player.   Will I actually notice the difference or is it just a
selling gimmick.   Any samples on the web showing the difference, or
would that not be possible to do, we all have different type of
monitors/ lcd.
Thanks.

Just this past weekend, a friend at work let me borrow a newer upcoversion
DVD player he had so I could compare against my older DVD players.  My TV is
a new Samsung 1080p native res unit that upcoverts, but I wanted to compare
per the discussions found on this NG and elsewhere.

I found I could tell no difference whatsoever between the borrowed
upconverting unit and my old players...so I'll not be buying an upconversion
DVD player.

.

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