do u guys know any upconverting hdmi dvd player for that could upconvert via component? coz my projector do not have hdmi...but still supports 720p and 1080i

Philips 5986 - can this do upscale via component?

just wanna share -

i just got a cheap cap ayam dvd player brand Agip that does upconvert to 720p and 1080i via component...using it with my infocus sp4805...not bad.
For info, the player desnt have hdmi out...hence the cheap price.

Furthermore my infocus does not have hdmi, so finding to get improvements of 480i dvd via component is really something that i look forward to.

After testing, my untrained eye can see a slightly sharper pic...used to used the projector's own faroudja scaler via 480i component but setting the dvd player at 720p, the image seemed to become a bit more sharper...i cant even see any jagged edges now

Anyone else has used this dvd player? any comments coz i might just me 'hallucanting' in awe coz of the cool feature? Heck, ive got a feeling that the new flock of cheap dvd players out there will have this upconvert feature installed...which is damn good!

good to know that i might not need hdmi as yet now

bro

where did i buy the oppo? can get it in m'sia?

btw - i agree about blur ray...sometimes too sharp...looks too digitze...if u go to watch films in cinema, where got things too sharp one...but maybe that's just me

a lot cap ayam ones out there has this feature..some even have upscaling feature via component...sometimes they get rosak easily...but no worries coz it's cheap...buy another one if rosak...haha

kl av show is near...wanna get a good hdmi dvd player with a budget under rm300...to be used with my new optoma hd65 (tq htkaki!)

it must be able to play all ahem dvds... dont want those sensitive ones

so which dvd player from the ones you've discussed is the best and can do very good upcnversion dtuties? better with free hdmi cable ...

...or shud i top up a bit and get the latest model around that price range? what brand / model better?

thx!

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Added on July 17, 2008, 4:29 pmso i guess i'm just looking for a decent dvd player that can do better upscale processing than my optoma hd65...hmm...

or am i not making sense here coz will a projector do upscaling jobs too? gosh...a bit confused already...haha

This post has been edited by silbii: Jul 17 2008, 04:29 PM

usd399 is like rm1500...haha...shud just get a blue ray player or ps3 i think

but hey, thx for the advice! who knows, it might pop up at the kl av show...

got the 5996 from desa ht room ... guess it can do SACD...but dunno when i'm gonna have that software..

but is pioneer better than philips on PQ? wanted a pioneer but the ones left there were all rm500+...

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Added on July 28, 2008, 1:20 amhey...i got this too...but i guess my new philips 5996 will replace this...coz my hd65 got hdmi input...so very gatal to use the input...haha

actually the AGIP is not too bad for the price...too bad it can't really upscale some ori dvds...set some of these dvds to 720p...it'd still go back to 576i...but pic still good though

This post has been edited by silbii: Jul 28 2008, 01:20 AM

the one i bought at klaav show is a philips dvp 5996k...maybe i'm the lucky few

rm369 - free giraffe hdmi

rm360? u paid by cash i presume? i paid by card...so the price didnt go down...stuck at rm369...still ok though

yeah...astro cable is presume is rg56...so shud do fine...i guess if the sounds quality is good, then i guess u shud be happy with it!

did u get the rca ends at jalan pasar? how much...used to get it for like rm2 or rm3 only....the bnc to rca and F-cnnector to rca is around that price too. Oh...read somewhere last time that could use wire hangar also to deliver the digital sound...that's be cool...habislah all hanger in the house like that hehe

if someone could do a blind test comparing this quality with those darn expensive Monster or IXos cables...i'd love to hear the results...

btw - i hope i'm still within the topic

This post has been edited by silbii: Aug 5 2008, 01:08 AM

hanger baju

just now i wanted to play one dvdr. Played it at 2 cap ayam players...film was jerking all the way. Even my old philips dvd recorder could not read the dvdr at all.

But then put in my new 5996 - voila! no problem at all. The whole film ran smoothly....no jerk at all. The SQ was much better too than the 2 cap ayam...

so yeah...go for 5996!

optical out only...the drawback is that not easy to find long run cables...coaxial cables easy, can just DIY to whatever length u want

i think it shud be alrite...cd or dvd is just labels given for the input...it should go through the same processing...

i have a marantz receiver and i'm using one of the coaxial inputs to share between my old philips cd player and a portable dvd player...2.0, or 5.1... all can be used with no problem from the same coaxial input...

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Added on August 23, 2008, 9:32 pmfor 3, to use DTS, manufacturers have to pay license to use the DTS...

This post has been edited by silbii: Aug 23 2008, 09:32 PM