Upscaling question

[andyh]

I have recently been given a Panasonic 32 LXD52 LCD TV, I have a sony NSP30 DVD player attached to it via RGB scart and the picture seems pretty good. The question I have is if I get an upscaling DVD player and connect via HDMI will I get a much better result or will it just be marginal? Does this TV do any upscaling itself? and if so how good is it? This my first hands on experience of owning an LCD TV so any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

 

[Anonymous]

Im not sure about your tv is it a lcd or is a projection tv? I think it has got a hdmi connection and 1366 by 768 pixels so you should be able to get an upscaling player like the 'Toshiba 370e' or 'Samsung hd870' which I have seen online for about £45 and less and run it at 720p which will be a higher amount of pixels than your RGB Scart. I can't guarantee the whole picture will be much better but detail should certainly be better. The best way is to borrow one from a friend or even get one from a store and return if you are not happy with the difference.

Good luck.

 

[Anonymous]

All HD televisions upscale the standard TV/DVD signals to the physical pixel size of the panel, otherwise the picture would be rather small on the screen. The Panasonix TX range is generally quite good at this.

Whether an upscaling DVD player would be better.... depends on the player. Previous advice to borrow one is a good idea.

 

[andyh]

Thanks for your help, it good to clarify the upscaling thing. I will try and borrow and upscaling DVD player and see if there is much of a difference.

 

[Anonymous]

Let us know what you think. cheers

 

[Anonymous]

I find with most mid-range tvs, you will get better results if you let your DVD player do the upscaling rather than the tv itself. I'm not sure exactly why this tends to be the case, but one thing to think about is that when your DVD player upscales content to high-def and then outputs it, your tv receives a high-def signal just as it would from any "native" high-def source, and treats it the same way as any "true" high-def material. This allows the tv to concentrate it's processing power on it's primary job of actually displaying the pictures.

I find this true with even fairly budget upscaling DVD players, although when you start moving up the price-range to more premium products, such as Pioneer's range, the tv's own upscaling does improve a great deal.