Blue Ray DVD hooks up to 720p plasma TV... I have a 720p Panasonic plasma TV,I would like to try Blue-Ray DvD player with this TV...Please let me know how is the quality of the picture ???
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Blu-ray looks spectacular on this tv. I sit 9' away and do not notice the difference in resolution (had a 1080p before).
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Don't know what's up with that. Plays my DVDs just fine. If your DVDs are Blue Ray, that might be why. It might not play Blue Ray. My DVDs are not, so again, they play fine. =-)
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Ok I am in the same boat about which plasma to get. I have gone to BestBuy numerous times and I like the Samsung PN42A450. I heard any tv in the 40s does not need 1080, as it would be a waste of money. I then saw the PN50A450 on Amazon for a great price, but it is 720. Just curious about if I get the 50, would standard tv look bad, and how about using a PS3 via DMI. Would it look bad because it is only 720 vs 1080? I know the 42inch would look nice, just concerned about the 50inch, and if I should get 42. It is for my bedroom so it will be somewhat close to me. Any comments regarding this would be helpful, thanks! Ok I am in the same boat about which plasma to get. I have gone to BestBuy numerous times and I like the Samsung PN42A450. I heard any tv in the 40s does not need 1080, as it would be a waste of money. I then saw the PN50A450 on Amazon for a great price, but it is 720. Just curious about if I get the 50, would standard tv look bad, and how about using a PS3 via DMI. Would it look bad because it is only 720 vs 1080? I know the 42inch would look nice, just concerned about the 50inch, and if I should get 42. It is for my bedroom so it will be somewhat close to me. Any comments regarding this... » Read More Ok I am in the same boat about which plasma to get. I have gone to BestBuy numerous times and I like the Samsung PN42A450. I heard any tv in the 40s does not need 1080, as it would be a waste of money. I then saw the PN50A450 on Amazon for a great price, but it is 720. Just curious about if I get the 50, would standard tv look bad, and how about using a PS3 via DMI. Would it look bad because it is only 720 vs 1080? I know the 42inch would look nice, just concerned about the 50inch, and if I should get 42. It is for my bedroom so it will be somewhat close to me. Any comments regarding this would be helpful, thanks! « Show Less
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I don't know. I haven't been able to get the dvd part of the tv to work. My son - the electronics "expert" - has not been able to get it to work. He says I should contact the manufacturer. I bought the tv online, it's not worth my time and effort to dig" just to get the dvd player to work, so I just don't use the dvd part. The tv is fine. I can probably contact Amazon, but I have not -- too much trouble for such a small amount of money. The moral of the story is, "You get what you pay for" ???? ...or maybe I should contact Amazon. I don't think a stand-alone dvd/blue player costs that much. The price (even for just a tv) was good, I thought.
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Thanks Richard! I'll try the reboot first. I almost bought a Roku but needed a dvd player so just got that. So I can hook up the Roku and still have the blu ray player while using the Roku for streaming?I appreciate your advice!
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need two hdmi cables if you have a Panasonic TV and blueray. one form the dvd to the tv. another from the tv to the bar's control unit. get them long enough. Amazon has very reasonable HDMI cables. If you do not have a Panasonic arc hdmi connection on your tv, i beieive that you use optical cables instead for at least the tv to control..
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Thanks for the info Kevin, just got back from a huge dvd store here and I noticed a lot of Blu Ray discs marked 'all regions' (1,2,3) on the back of them so Sony may be trying relax restrictions for now to corner the market here. I also just found out that's it's pointless getting a blu-ray and/or hd-dvd player as my 3 year old 43" Pioneer Plasma with external hig def set top box can only output 1024 X 768 pixels max, so I wouldn't visibly see blu-rays or hd-dvd's 1080p potential...think I'm better off just getting a good upscaling dvd player & a good hdmi cable. Except for PS2, dvd players/recorders sold here are region free out of the box anyway. Will look out for Oppo but don't think it's sold here. Thanks for the info Kevin, just got back from a huge dvd store here and I noticed a lot of Blu Ray discs marked 'all regions' (1,2,3) on the back of them so Sony may be trying relax restrictions for now to corner the market here. I also just found out that's it's pointless getting a blu-ray and/or hd-dvd player as my 3 year old 43" Pioneer Plasma with external hig def set top box can only output 1024 X 768 pixels max, so I wouldn't visibly see blu-rays or hd-dvd's 1080p potential...think I'm better off just getting a good upscaling dvd player & a good hdmi cable. Except for PS2, dvd... » Read More Thanks for the info Kevin, just got back from a huge dvd store here and I noticed a lot of Blu Ray discs marked 'all regions' (1,2,3) on the back of them so Sony may be trying relax restrictions for now to corner the market here. I also just found out that's it's pointless getting a blu-ray and/or hd-dvd player as my 3 year old 43" Pioneer Plasma with external hig def set top box can only output 1024 X 768 pixels max, so I wouldn't visibly see blu-rays or hd-dvd's 1080p potential...think I'm better off just getting a good upscaling dvd player & a good hdmi cable. Except for PS2, dvd players/recorders sold here are region free out of the box anyway. Will look out for Oppo but don't think it's sold here. « Show Less
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blu-ray on a bigger set w/ 1080p is a more ideal fit for Blu-ray, however 1080p resolution on a set this small is really overkill. A BR player on a 720p set will give you a better HD picture than any standard DVD player could, you'll just have to weigh is the extra cost worth it to you?
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make sure the proper cables are in the correct plugs. make sure you have the television on the correct station. and terribly obvious, make sure its an HD tv. Hope this helps. I also recommend buying a different brand blu ray player.
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Does that also include the whole 1080p thing as well? Some blu ray players HDMI outs only display 1080i, if we have the 1080p tv will it automatically convert it and display it in full 1080p??
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I guess my question is: will this blue-ray player, play regular dvds, as well as others? I'm not that big into the movie scene, but it would be nice to watch my reuglar dvds, in HD quality. I do have an 1080p HDTV with all the works if that helps...please...I don't need a top of the line, just a decent blue-ray player..thanks! Note: I don't do streaming & special downlaods for movies, I just need something simple to use, yet that is good quality. I'm not a techno-person!
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This player only has an HDMI output. Does your TV have component video inputs? These would be three RCA jacks that are blue, red and green. If so, you can get an HDMI to component video adapter. I've never used one and have no idea how well they work. If you just have a yellow RCA video input jack, then you'd be better off buying a non-blu ray player, as you can't get high definition video through the single yellow video input. Hope this helps!
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Hi Wise 1, You can view blu-ray (and *probably* NON-upconverted standard DVD but I'm not sure of this) output using the component outputs. Assuming your TV has component inputs. There is also an RCA video output but this will be very low-fidelity. At least the specs on this TV say those outputs exist (I don't own one of these players ... yet). I say NON-upconverted for standard DVDs, since upconversion only makes sense over HDMI. You won't be getting the most out of your blu-ray player but it will be useable. You will eventually want to upgrade to a TV with a 1080p HDMI input. If you do not need analog outputs for multi-channel decoding (this is usually the case for most people, but not for me) then you can save a bit of money by buying the Panasonic DMP-BD60 instead. If your TV does not have component inputs then don't bother until you get a new TV (but yes you *could* use the RCA composite video option). Hope this helps.
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Not me but I am using hdmi cable with a samsung 46" LCD LN46B640. It was definitely near HD quality. Watched a regular dvd of inglourious basterds and district 9 this week and the picture quality was nothing short of amazing. In district 9, the helicopter shot over the alien camp was so crystal clear that it looked like 3-d. I'm gonna have to rent the blu-ray version to compare them. I've been happy with the upconversion. I also have a regular sony dvd player (dvp-ns700h/b) that got great reviews and I still use in my bedroom. Is that the one you have? You could even see my 5/14/08 amazon review of the sony dvd player to see how much I love my sony dvd player (dvp-ns700h/b). The Sony dvd player does an amazing job of upconverting. Probably the best outside of an oppo. Maybe even slightly better than the panasonic blu-ray player. Not really sure though because I have been really impressed with dvds in the panasonic. Maybe I will set up both with my television and really compare them. I do suggest you to connect an hdmi to your television though. That may fix your problem. Maybe the sony converts better than the panasonic with the component cables but the panasonic may convert equally well with an hdmi.
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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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you will need a media player that can do blu-ray. There are some free ones out there; however, PowerDVD14 by cyberlink runs specials all the time and you can get it relatively inexpensive. I think I paid like 80 dollars for mine and it runs fantastic. The player itself (the item on amazon) is stupendous. I highly recommend it. You also need to make sure your resolution on your screen can handle hi-def. If you have an HDMI output more than likely you do, if not check and make sure your resolution is at least 1024 by 728 Good luck
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I have a plasma (Panasonic 37" 720p) and the pictures (taken by a Nikon d50, 6 megapixel) look very good, maybe a little to vivid, but that's the TV and I can adjust it. I think the WD does a fine job but you might need to tweak the TV a little.Marcel.