Advice Required - what DVD player to get?

That Kid Chris · 01-05-2006, 1:32 PM

I have been watching DVD's on my SHARP HDTV and notice that when watching a scene that has lost of fast moving objects, i get pixellation on the screen. It only happens on fast moving objects and once the object has stopped, so does the pixellation.

I assume i need to get a DVD player that supports an interlaced or progressive images but have no idea which one to get. I was also thinking of going the whole hogg and buying a HD DVD player but being in Geneva (switzerland) they dont seem very easy to come by and nobody seems to know much if anything about them.

Can anyone help me out please?

gandley · 01-05-2006, 1:35 PM

Sounds more like motion blur which is an issue with the TV not the dvd player. Perhaps the sharpe has a slow pixel response time, it is a draw back with some LCD based displays, so changing the DVD may not make any difference.
Just a thought

That Kid Chris · 01-05-2006, 1:52 PM

No becuase when i watch the same DVD on my Xbox 360, there is no tearing.

The problem is i have lots of Region 1 dvd's and they wont play on the 360 - hence the reason for me wanting a new DVD player.

gandley · 01-05-2006, 1:59 PM

Ahh ok, then something with a good prog scan output is what you need, or a HD-DVD player as you mention.

Depends really what you want to spend, and if your display has HDMI/DVI with HDCP or just component in.?

That Kid Chris · 01-05-2006, 2:09 PM

It has HDMI and Component.

gandley · 01-05-2006, 2:19 PM

I take it you dont want to spend alot, unless you go for the HD-DVD player?

well the HD-DVD player are region locked for dvd and are multiregion for HD-DVD so that dosent help you with your current collection of dvds, so if you want a Multiregion SD player look at the Oppo Digital, Denon 1920, Or some of the cheaper pioneer models with just component out, they do give a pretty good PQ for the money.

rentagas · 01-05-2006, 2:19 PM

Well you're asking on the HD DVD/Blu ray forum. Of which there is one on the market the Toshiba HD A1 and it's variants. It will only play HD DVD's and upscale region1 DVD's though.
Alternatively Pioneer, Denon and even Samsung make good DVD players that will upscale normal DVD's depending on budget.

Welwynnick · 01-05-2006, 6:59 PM

Mod Comment:

This thread is probably better off in the DVD players forum.

Nick