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Originally Posted by Madmatt
Any current recommendations for a DVD player to go with an RCA HD65W20. I don't have DirectTV and I just run a set top antenna to get over the air HD. But I would like to get a 1080i image if possible. I'm not that concerned about anything besides DVD quality?
Thanks
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I've had this same excellent set for
years now, and I use a Momitsu V880
upconverting player at 1080i. The
resulting image on a high-quality
standard DVD is so close to 'native'
hi-def they're almost indistinguishable.
Unfortunately, even the V880 or even a
better $700 Denon upcon machine
won't help a lousy transfer. But, for
the money the V880 provides a
dazzling 1080i image on this 65-inch set.
The HD65W20 of course has only
component connection capability and
the V880 does the upcon this way as
well as DVI.
I've watched the new Toshiba HD-DVD
'native' with its attendant upcon
capabilities for a couple hours at the
local stores now, and it too does a
superb job of upconverting a standard
DVD. But since LG(includes Zenith) has
already confirmed to Reuters that they
will be offering a multi-format(standard
DVD/HD-DVD and Blu-Ray) DVD player
this Fall, I would not bother considering
paying anywhere near $500 for it(the
'native' hi-def disks are very little better
than upcons with this player. Why would
you buy separate HD-DVD and Blu-Ray
players? The Los Angeles Times today
had a big article on the Toshiba HD-DVD
player and their reporter had the very
same comments.
I don't think you can possible go wrong
with the V880 at this point.
Enjoy!
Milt R. Smith
mrsmith2002@yahoo.com