this is where a lot of creative marketing speak comes in. Dealers also play a part by claiming these "features" as per the marketing papers.

reading the manual makes things worse, as these are written cleverly to further confuse the issue, too late then for the poor customer.

Best to google the features such as conversion, upconversion, upscaling and other terms as applicable for the model under consideration.

been there, very slimy type, not professional as the people at HN.

because then you only have one cable (HDMI) to the tv, instead of 1 HDMI+3 component+2audio cables.

and also no need to switch tv inputs between HDMI and Component everytime u change source (DVD/Astro/etc.) as upscaling will result in all the analog inputs rerouted to HDMI.

only for convenience?

thats what i can see only

dvd will upscale first, then feed to receiver. receiver sees this as 1080p already, and pass on to HDMI port.

depends also on setting on DVD, if set as default, will auto upscale to extent as "informed" by tv via the receiver.

dont know which chip is better, try n see only.

no double upscale, only pass through if already at 1080p.

for others, upscale for convenience only, for 1 hdmi cable to tv, no need for other cabling.

No benefit as "rubbish in-rubbish out". any defect in poor video will also be magnified.

then u must choose the amp correctly, dont get blurred by the shop.

amps less than RM3k will generally not have this feature.

cheaper to get upscaling dvd player as upscaling the rest (ASTRO,etc.) is a waste of money.