DVD upscaling. Best option? Dvd player or PC?

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Hi

I own an LCD TV Samsung Full HD 46''. When I play my DVDs using my old DVD player, the image quality is quite poor. If I try it with Divx/Xvid movies it performs even worse.

I have bought a Pioneer DV-410 v-k and the image is a little better (I have just seen its review in this web). Anyway I'm not going to keep it as I have noticed that it has been used.

I'm going to buy a computer for my living room and I would like you to give some advice about the better way to get more quality from my DVD /divx/xvid films:

-Should I buy anothe upscaling DVD player? (if so, please recommend me one model under 100€)

-Or should I connect the new computer to my LCD TV? I think this would be the better choice, but I wold like to know what upscaling software I should use and what graphic card could work fine. And should I connect it to the TV using the PC wire or an HDMI wire from the graphic card?

Thak you very much

 

[Anonymous]

Hi,

You're comparing apples with oranges, aren't you? How much were you thinking of spending on the PC? In any case if you watch a lot of divx / xvid files then you might be better off with a PS3 and an external USB hard drive. Or for a little bit more money you could get a PS3 and a network hard drive / NAS. LaCie's Network Space is very cheap, includes an embedded media server capable of streaming to the PS3 and comes in nicely coordinating gloss black. DVD playback is a match for any £100 DVD player that I've seen and it plays Blu Ray discs and games too.

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[Anonymous]

The Pioneer DVD player is not recommended at all (2 stars) why would you buy that over the Toshiba XD-E500 ?

check the reviews of things before buying.

 

[aliEnRIK]

I can personally vouch for the Pioneer LX50 (I bought one off ebay for 230 quid) for upscaled dvds

The upscaled picture blows most away (Certainly blows the PS3s away)

 

[Anonymous]

I was referring to the crapy Pioneer DV-410-V

 

[BlackSpy]

PCs can do a very good job, but the cost equation isn't clear here. Also, they will always be nosier than a DVD player, depending on where it is and how noisy it is that may or may not be an issue.

 

[Anonymous]

I'm going to spend about 400 ? on the computer. I'm not going to use it just to see films. I guess for that price I'll get better quality than with a DVD player, won't I?

 

[aliEnRIK]

migueleteg:I'm going to spend about 400 ? on the computer. I'm not going to use it just to see films. I guess for that price I'll get better quality than with a DVD player, won't I?

I would personally say ~ not a chance