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Your TV will actually upscale the DVDs same as an upscaling player. Thing is, if you get a good upscaling player, it will do a better job than the TV. Many players have high quality scaling chips in them, usually better than the ones in HDTVs. Scaling basically copies existing lines of resolution, and puts them on the screen. The result is a smoother sharper image, and for large displays like a 65in set, it's a must. Of course being modern digital TVs, they have scalers built in, but not as good as scalers in most players.
Food for thought: I used the Oppo 971H before I went to HD-DVD. The Toshiba A1 was a major jump in PQ for standard DVDs. The image was sharper, and color reproduction was far better than the Oppo(by comparison DVDs on the Oppo look dull and washed out). The cheaper HD-DVD players aren't much more expensive, especially considering all the Xmas sales.
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