Pioneer DVD Player with HD Upconversion (DV-400V) | Thread profile

Quote: Originally Posted by PunkMunkey Well, to be fair, the HD-XA2 is an $800 player with the Silicon Optix scaler/deinterlacer (probably the best out there right now)...the HD-A2, while a "decent" upscaler, probably uses a much less expensive and robust scaler/deinterlacer and definitely wouldn't outperform the Denon DVD-3910 (with it's once top-of-the-line Faroudja chipset). Taking into account the chipsets used by the...

Quote: Originally Posted by tomdkat Wow, ok. This is the first I've heard about upscaled DVDs not on a HD player not looking as good (if not better) than an upscaled DVD on a SD upscaling player. Seamonkey has a Denon DVD-3910 (I believe) and it does upscaling to 720p/1080i and he thinks his Toshiba HD-XA2 upscales better than his Denon, which is quite the upscaling "beast". Anywho, thanks for the feedback! This player is...

I thought about getting this when I saw it a few months ago. I also considered getting the Elite DV 46 till I found out it doesn't do SACD over HDMI. j

With the help of a Best Buy Gift Card that I found on the ground (and it was for $100 too!), I decided to go and get the Pioneer DVD player. I freaking love it! Very small, compact, but loaded with options and an upconversion that looks friggen stunning. It helped that I found the giftcard that I figured would be worth $25 but instead was worth $100, but still, it is well worth the asking price. Sucks to be the person who lost the gift card,...

Quote: Originally Posted by tomdkat Wow, ok. This is the first I've heard about upscaled DVDs not on a HD player not looking as good (if not better) than an upscaled DVD on a SD upscaling player. Seamonkey has a Denon DVD-3910 (I believe) and it does upscaling to 720p/1080i and he thinks his Toshiba HD-XA2 upscales better than his Denon, which is quite the upscaling "beast". Well, to be fair, the HD-XA2 is an $800 player with...