Sony BDP-S370 upscaling very impressive!

[audiowizard]

After having purchased the BDP-S370, I decided to pop in The Lord of the Rings dvd to see how well it upscaled. I couldnt believe how good the picture was, and to be honest, it could easily have been mistaken for actual blu ray quality. I also watched top gear in HD on BBC Iplayer, unbelievable quality, and very smooth streaming quality. Does anyone have any dvd recommendations for me to try, that upscales very well?

 

[chebby]

'The Battle of Britain.'

I was about to buy it on Blu-Ray in HMV a couple of weeks ago but thought I would play the DVD again first.

Wow!

Try 'Charlie Wilson's War' also.

 

[Ronald Archiebald]

Audiowizard & Chebby,

I agree. The upscaling of the S-370 easily beats my Pana DB35.

I'm impressed too!

Ronald

 

[manicm]

I had LOTR and on the BDP-S360 it was unwatchable. I have the Blu-rays and the diference was night and day.

I now too have the 370 and while DVD upscaling is indeed very good, I still don't expect the DVD trilogy to come anywhere near the quality of the hd set.

 

[aliEnRIK]

I bought the s370 about (guessing) 6 weeks ago now. Initially I wasnt too impressed with upscaling compared to my LX50 dvd player (to be expected)

But after a period of running in it was easily as good as my LX50 (Which was a shock to me)

This was using a sigmas mains conditioner.

About 2 weeks ago I got my 'balanced mains transformer' to further clean the mains. Now it could be the S370 was unaffected, but the tv picture across the board got far better and I even had to reduce the sharpness from 3 to zero it made such a difference (Which was another shock). The upscaled picture is now awesome, and I do believe the balanced mains has aided the S370 to work better.

My point is that certain electronics definitely perform better (ALL mine have actually) with a cleaner mains supply.

 

[Anonymous]

I found the best results were with Bit-streaming from the player to my AV amp.
Whilst I have the previous BDP-S350 unit I cannot see the picture quality improving any more - it is stunning.

Down to the mains conditioning I'm afraid.

 

[chebby]

manicm:I now too have the 370 and while DVD upscaling is indeed very good, I still don't expect the DVD trilogy to come anywhere near the quality of the hd set.

I am grateful for the quality of DVD replay because we have well over 400 DVDs (not counting many series/boxsets).

Even if they were all available on BD (they aren't and many never will be), that lot would cost well over £5k - £6k to upgrade.
I bought the S370 as - primarily - a good quality (and cheap at £99) means of watching BBC iPlayer on TV rather than computer. It's performance with DVDs is a well received bonus. Performance with BD is
not really an issue as I don't see myself buying more than a handful. (Maybe a few like 'Lawrence of Arabia' or 'Bridge over the River Kwai' when they emerge on BD).

 

[JoelSim]

If only the damn thing was available in silver! Grrrr.

 

[Ronald Archiebald]

JoelSim,

It is so tiny that you can just easily hide it away somewhere!

Get it - you'll love it! For £100, it's a real no-brainer.

Ronald

 

[JoelSim]

I really don't have anywhere I can hide one