Does this player Upscale DVD content to 1080p?
1753560
No, it has a lousy upscale. I mean lousy. I have an old Samsung that does a better job.
1753561
yes I found a chart for this model which says "offers full hd upsampling" I'm sure you realize that upscaled sd sources--i.e. 480i dvds-- can only looks so good when upscaled. in other words it won't look close to true 1080p hd quality. but it will offer noticeable improvement over native 480i. hope this helps. Arkadin
1753562
Yes it does. In fact it was rated as one of the highest upconversion players. I have been very satisfied with mine. My only complaint is that it will not allow you to have a watchlist for Amazon Prime (if you are a Prime member). Here is a link for you. http://www.reviewgist.com/best-dvd-player-video-upconversion-1080p-hdtv
436538
Yes this unit will accept a 1080p signal and then scale it down to the 720p native.
571139
Can anyone with this DVD player answer Keith's question? I'm interested in buying it but only if it upscales with component cables and not just HDMI
952733
I think it will upconvert any video source to 1080p. I am reading the info and I have bought it from amazon, but I haven't receive it yet.It won't improve the image as long as you don't have a good video source like HDMI. HDMI and component cables provide up to 1080i resolution (similar to 720p). Blue ray and PS3 are the only source with pure 1080p.Just make sure your TV supports 1080p, otherwise it won't make any difference.
2280842
I believe the default resolution for the DVD880 was set to 1080p I had to connect to a tv that could handle that resolution and adjust to 1080i then reconnect to my older TV.
712371
Upconverting is a process in which the player guesses on what the data gaps are. In many cases you will see a shaper more defined picture, depending on the quality of the DVD PQ itself. You will only really tell the diff between 480p and 1080p w/ an upscaling DVD player with a good tv bigger than 50". There is in fact a visible diff between a standard dvd player, a samsung upconvert 1080i and a oppo 1080p. Players like the Oppo seem to do a better job at guessing than a samsung because of the differing "guessing" process to fill the gaps. In the end you do end up with a better picture than a standard DVD player, but you do get what you pay for. A more accurate term might be 480p+, but why confuse the already confused masses.
1780815
No. This unit down converts and records in standard definition and then up converts the playback in HD. Seems counterproductive but my guess is this approach was chosen to put less demand on the hardware. The up conversion is very good and the quality is about 90% of true HD. I would estimate most people would not notice the slight loss of quality.
600528
No, it does not. It only plays DVDs from the region where you buy the player. Source: personal experience :(
1948055
Well, you'd need a very expensive blu-ray burner on your computer if this is what you wanted to do and the results would not be an improvement over the dvd quality. Instead, this player allows you to play your regular dvds and it will up-convert the signal to a more HD-looking quality. Regardless of what medium you transfer your dvd movie to, it will still be standard definition.
2092390
Yes. After entering the region unlock sequence described in one of the reviews, I am able to view PAL region 2 DVDs in 1080i. (I don't yet have a 1080p display device, so I've not yet verified that personally.)
248130
Yes it upscales even 480p to UHD 3840x2160. The better the source, the better the upscale quality, 4K mastered Blu-Rays and even streamed 1080p look fantastic..even better than my 1440p computer monitor.
785671
I converts from regular DVD to "almost" High Definition, like HDTV. And, it does it quite well.
824054
Yes, this player will upconvert DVD's as well as play blu-ray discs up to a resolution of 1080i through the component jacks. In "video settings" select "component video out" and the proper resolution can be selected, up to and limited to 1080i, however. But the picture still should look great on your HDTV.
1785498
My player doesn't upscale very well at all. And, I am hooked up using HDMI. No way does Blu-ray Disc compare to HD DVD. I used to have an HD-XA2 and an HD A35 and those players were amazing at upscaling. Sometimes you couldn't tell the difference between high-def and standard def.
2218007
I don't know, but I own the player, and it has no problem with a surprisingly wide variety of files. DVD .iso's are no problem, and neither are video_TS folders. Sometimes I don't get audio on .mkv files (I understand these usually result from blue ray ripping) but then I just convert the file to. mp4 or .avi. If this causes quality to go down, I can't see any difference. In short it's a good player. The only caveats the remote is hard to use; the menues are hard to read; and I had to downgrade the firmware to get it all going.
379269
This DVD player has both a hdmi connection as well as a RCA connection so you can hook it up to pretty much any tv that you might have. Just keep in mind that if you are using the RCA (red white and yellow ports) you will not be able to upscale your DVDs
1825295
Jesse,This player will upscale movies to 4K quality. There are no actual 4k Bluray discs yet.Eric C