...please help compare? I have an older (2003?) widescreen HDTV whose manual reports that it has "480i, 480p, and 1080i wide-screen picture formats/signals". I understand that a higher number's better than a lower number, and that "p" is better than "i". I also currently have a regular (older ~ lol) progressive scan DVD player (with no HDMI connection).
My goal is to go one step up from a "regular" progressive scan player, but NOT all the way to Blu-Ray. How it appears is that "the next step up" would technically mean that I'm getting either an "upconverting" player --OR-- an "HD-DVD" player (with an HDMI connection). However... I don't know the difference between an "HD-DVD" player and an "upconverting" player, because as I understand it, an "HD-DVD" player still "upconverts"...!? (As does Blu-Ray, when needed.)
The two players I'm fretting over are:
(A) "HD-DVD": Samsung's DVD-HD850 single-disc, progressive scan DVD player enhances video performance by increasing the video resolution of ordinary DVD titles and up-converting them to HDTV compliant formats (720p/768p/1080i), enabling you to enjoy an HDTV compliant picture-roughly twice the resolution of progressive scan DVD players.
vs.
(B) "UPCONVERTING": The Samsung DVD-1080P9 DVD Player brings your home theater experience to a whole new level with superb HD DVD imagery and exquisite digital audio sound. Your current DVD library will look and sound better than ever before, because this is a progressive scan DVD player, capable of upconverting your DVDs to a 720p/1080i and 1080p Full HD experience.
Wha!? My question is...: Can someone please explain the difference between an "HD-DVD" player and an "upconverting" player? Which is better, and why? And does my current progressive scan player just not have that quality of a picture solely because I lack HDMI connections?
Thank you!
My goal is to go one step up from a "regular" progressive scan player, but NOT all the way to Blu-Ray. How it appears is that "the next step up" would technically mean that I'm getting either an "upconverting" player --OR-- an "HD-DVD" player (with an HDMI connection). However... I don't know the difference between an "HD-DVD" player and an "upconverting" player, because as I understand it, an "HD-DVD" player still "upconverts"...!? (As does Blu-Ray, when needed.)
The two players I'm fretting over are:
(A) "HD-DVD": Samsung's DVD-HD850 single-disc, progressive scan DVD player enhances video performance by increasing the video resolution of ordinary DVD titles and up-converting them to HDTV compliant formats (720p/768p/1080i), enabling you to enjoy an HDTV compliant picture-roughly twice the resolution of progressive scan DVD players.
vs.
(B) "UPCONVERTING": The Samsung DVD-1080P9 DVD Player brings your home theater experience to a whole new level with superb HD DVD imagery and exquisite digital audio sound. Your current DVD library will look and sound better than ever before, because this is a progressive scan DVD player, capable of upconverting your DVDs to a 720p/1080i and 1080p Full HD experience.
Wha!? My question is...: Can someone please explain the difference between an "HD-DVD" player and an "upconverting" player? Which is better, and why? And does my current progressive scan player just not have that quality of a picture solely because I lack HDMI connections?
Thank you!