looking for an upscaler DVD player

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hiya. i am looking for an 1080i/1080p upscaling DVD player. my budget is between £70-£100 (or maybe beyond). it has to be:

upscales to 720p or 1080i/1080p
progressive scan
JPEG/MP3/DivX/WMA,etc, capable
multi-region & multi-system (both plays PAL & NTSC discs)
with Optical/digital out
Dolby compatible

and HDMI

 

[Andrew Everard]

On your budget, the Toshiba SD-370E looks like your best bet. Lots of multiregion models for sale online with minimal googling, and well within the £100 limit

 

[Anonymous]

I confuse, better Toshiba SD-370E or Samsung DVD-HD870?
thanks

 

[Andrew Everard]

I'd choose the Toshiba

 

[Anonymous]

Hi, If you can strectch another £30ish - the pioneer DV600 is a fab player, I have the slightly older DV696 and have been very impressed with it, cant fault it - and no lip synch issues!

 

[Anonymous]

why?
in http://www.dealtime.co.uk/xFS?KW=samsung+dvd-hd870&FN=DVD+Players&FD=3&x=13&y=13 hd870 get 5 stars
how about picture quality?

 

[Andrew Everard]

Not sure of the question, but my advice would be that the Toshiba offers exceptional picture quality for the money.Can't check that dealtime link at the moment, as the server there seems to be down.

 

[Anonymous]

[quote user="Andrew Everard"]
On your budget, the Toshiba SD-370E looks like your best bet. Lots of multiregion models for sale online with minimal googling, and well within the £100 limit

[/quote]

I was up for this one, but it's taken a hammering on amazon.co.uk, with 2.5 out of 5 from customer reviews. From the looks of the dates of the reviews though, it would appear this could be due to a faulty batch. I presume for WHFS&V to give 5 stars your's didn't pause randomly like these people talk about in their reviews??!!

 

[Andrew Everard]

Nope.

 

[Anonymous]

thanks andrew.
can i speak indonesian in this forum?
i'm come from indonesia.

 

[Andrew Everard]

Guess so, but not sure how many other Indonesian speakers there are on here who'll be able to help you. You seem to be getting on just fine in English here, anyway...

 

[Anonymous]

[quote user="Andrew Everard"]
On your budget, the Toshiba SD-370E looks like your best bet. Lots of multiregion models for sale online with minimal googling, and well within the £100 limit

[/quote]

pity the clueless... will the toshiba play divx files on my ordinary years old CRT tv with scart sockets?

(notice it has hdmi (for HD tv's?) and a scart, I dont need a HD TV or anything flash do I ?)

TIA

 

[Andrew Everard]

Yes it will, but of course without any of the upscaling you get via HDMI into an HD-ready TV.