Denon DVD-1920 - so this isn`t HD but upscaling right?

[craynerd]

Hi Guys

Over the past few years I have collected AV equipment and I`m now trying to hook it all up correctly. Anyway, I baught a Denon DVD-1920 in the HD TV boom, I thought that it was a HD player and would work with my panny 32LXD52 LCD TV. So, 2 years on and I`m just trying to get to grips with what I have actually baught - I remember picking it because it was advertised at HD but I know this isn`t possible, so what actually is it and what does it do?

Also, I`m trying to connect everything via my AV denon AVR2106 amp but with it being an older model it will only accept component inputs and outputs. Currently I plug direct from DVD player to TV via a HDMI cable, if I change to component through my denon amp will I lose quality?

Look forward to your replys
Chris

[xit2050]

Originally Posted by craynerd

so what actually is it and what does it do?

It's a dvd player that upscales.

[craynerd]

Originally Posted by xit2050

It's a dvd player that upscales.

Thanks for your informative reply.

What is upscaling? Does my Panny TV not upscale anyway? Is there a need for the HDMI connection and like I asked in my original post, would it be detrimental to unplug the existing HDMI connection from DVD to TV and connect it via component via my denon amp?

Chris

[xit2050]

Originally Posted by craynerd

What is upscaling?

Video scaler - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Originally Posted by craynerd

Does my Panny TV not upscale anyway?

Yes, it does. You have to find out for yourself which is the better upscaler (your tv or dvd player).
My money is on the Denon.

Originally Posted by craynerd

Is there a need for the HDMI connection

If you have it, use it.

Originally Posted by craynerd

would it be detrimental to unplug the existing HDMI connection from DVD to TV and connect it via component via my denon amp?

Probably not. Again, you'll have to judge for yourself by trying.

[grahamlthompson]

Originally Posted by craynerd

Hi Guys

Over the past few years I have collected AV equipment and I`m now trying to hook it all up correctly. Anyway, I baught a Denon DVD-1920 in the HD TV boom, I thought that it was a HD player and would work with my panny 32LXD52 LCD TV. So, 2 years on and I`m just trying to get to grips with what I have actually baught - I remember picking it because it was advertised at HD but I know this isn`t possible, so what actually is it and what does it do?

Also, I`m trying to connect everything via my AV denon AVR2106 amp but with it being an older model it will only accept component inputs and outputs. Currently I plug direct from DVD player to TV via a HDMI cable, if I change to component through my denon amp will I lose quality?

Look forward to your replys
Chris

It's one of the best scaling DVD players going. The internal scaler is a design by Faroujda who are recognised as being amongst the best in the business. Connecting by component will mean that you will have to use the TV to scale as sadly the Denon only scales to HDMI and not component. I have this player and a Denon amp which has the same scaler in it. The faroujda scaler works better than the scaler in my new TV (Sony KDL-40W4000) as viewing Freeview SD pictures scaled by the Amp against the TV internal tuner shows. I used to have a HD ready TV and the Denon looked best at 720P, my new TV is full HD so 1080i gives more detail on my new TV.

Recently my son bought his blue ray player round and we had the opportunity to try try the same standard DVD against the blue ray disc. THe blue ray disc obviously looks better but the margin was amazingly small.

By all means try the component connection to see, but I suspect the Denon scaler will be better.

[craynerd]

Cheers guys

I`ll be honest, its great that people keep saying just try and see if HDMi or component would be best but that would cost me the price of two decent component cables (1 from DVD to AV and one from AV to TV) and with a 2 week old baby I can`t afford to waste money.

So just to clarify - I`m probably best ignoring the component in on my AV amp and just going direct from DVD to TV via HDMI running at 720p and running the audio through digital coaxial into amp?

Thanks for the information, very useful.

[grahamlthompson]

Originally Posted by craynerd

Cheers guys

I`ll be honest, its great that people keep saying just try and see if HDMi or component would be best but that would cost me the price of two decent component cables (1 from DVD to AV and one from AV to TV) and with a 2 week old baby I can`t afford to waste money.

So just to clarify - I`m probably best ignoring the component in on my AV amp and just going direct from DVD to TV via HDMI running at 720p and running the audio through digital coaxial into amp?

Thanks for the information, very useful.

You can try 1080i from the Denon for nothing.