piyush1982
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Ok - i am fairly sure this question must have been answered somewhere in the millions of pages of forums here, but its doing my head in now and I have had to resort to posting a new thread on it.
I want a get a new dvd player, cheap one for now because in some time I'd like to upgrade to a HD DVD or Blu-Ray player.
My Acer LCD doesn't have HDMI ports but does have DVI. SO, my question to you is - suppose I buy the Philips DVP3005 which is selling for £35 at my local Sainsbury's - and use the component output to connect to my display - will this give me upscaled quality pictures?
I have read several times that component output is virtually as highdef as HDMI/DVI. So then, why do all 'upscaling' dvd players sell as HDMI ones and there are none (or hardly any) that say 'upscaling via component'. I have also read somewhere that this is because of some sort of copyright protection that disallows upscaling via component? Is that true??
If i get the philips 3005 - will i get the 720p pic quality that my tv will support? or will i need to get a HDMI upscaling player and then use a HDMI/DVI cable to connect to my tv (which has a DVI port)?
Also, if it helps, i have my Wii connected to display via component - picture quality is unbelievable compared to the standard connectors that come with Wii.
Is this post getting confusing?!
Any help very much appreciated so that i can stop spending my life browsing forums and use that time to do some critically necessary laundry instead.
I want a get a new dvd player, cheap one for now because in some time I'd like to upgrade to a HD DVD or Blu-Ray player.
My Acer LCD doesn't have HDMI ports but does have DVI. SO, my question to you is - suppose I buy the Philips DVP3005 which is selling for £35 at my local Sainsbury's - and use the component output to connect to my display - will this give me upscaled quality pictures?
I have read several times that component output is virtually as highdef as HDMI/DVI. So then, why do all 'upscaling' dvd players sell as HDMI ones and there are none (or hardly any) that say 'upscaling via component'. I have also read somewhere that this is because of some sort of copyright protection that disallows upscaling via component? Is that true??
If i get the philips 3005 - will i get the 720p pic quality that my tv will support? or will i need to get a HDMI upscaling player and then use a HDMI/DVI cable to connect to my tv (which has a DVI port)?
Also, if it helps, i have my Wii connected to display via component - picture quality is unbelievable compared to the standard connectors that come with Wii.
Is this post getting confusing?!
Any help very much appreciated so that i can stop spending my life browsing forums and use that time to do some critically necessary laundry instead.