Hey all,
My DVD player is a Sony and my TV is a Sony (capable of up to 1080p). Connections are all via HDMI. I care only about DVD movies (480).
Sony DVD progressive scan player has 720p/1080i Upscaling of Video and 12 Bit Video DAC with 108Mhz processing.
My Denon receiver can also upscale (720p/1080i) but has 12 Bit/216Mhz Video DAC. Thus, my Denon's DAC is superior to my Sony DVD player (at least by numbers).
My brother tells me that upscaling may not involve DAC at all (since there is no analog conversion needed).
QUESTION #1: Should i let my Denon receiver do the upconversion (has superior DAC) or should i let my Sony DVD progressive scan player??
At the moment, i am favoring the Sony DVD player because this is all it has to do while the receiver has a lot of other functions to take care of.
QUESTION #2: If i let my DVD player handle the upconversion, then i should just pick "THROUGH" on my receiver, right??
"Through" means that the signal that my Denon receives will pass thru it without any further upconversion. I cannot imagine what good is it to upconvert twice to the same resolution.
QUESTION #3: I using my HT system to watch DVDs only (rarely TV). Should i set the resolution to 720p or 1080i?? I want the best, smoothest picture quality.
My salesman told me to set it to 1080i since it is the highest resolution for DVD movies. My brother told me to set it to 720p because you do not want to upconvert and then interlace...too much processing since DVD player is progressive to begin with (480p)...thus, stick with 720p.
Thanks in advance.
My DVD player is a Sony and my TV is a Sony (capable of up to 1080p). Connections are all via HDMI. I care only about DVD movies (480).
Sony DVD progressive scan player has 720p/1080i Upscaling of Video and 12 Bit Video DAC with 108Mhz processing.
My Denon receiver can also upscale (720p/1080i) but has 12 Bit/216Mhz Video DAC. Thus, my Denon's DAC is superior to my Sony DVD player (at least by numbers).
My brother tells me that upscaling may not involve DAC at all (since there is no analog conversion needed).
QUESTION #1: Should i let my Denon receiver do the upconversion (has superior DAC) or should i let my Sony DVD progressive scan player??
At the moment, i am favoring the Sony DVD player because this is all it has to do while the receiver has a lot of other functions to take care of.
QUESTION #2: If i let my DVD player handle the upconversion, then i should just pick "THROUGH" on my receiver, right??
"Through" means that the signal that my Denon receives will pass thru it without any further upconversion. I cannot imagine what good is it to upconvert twice to the same resolution.
QUESTION #3: I using my HT system to watch DVDs only (rarely TV). Should i set the resolution to 720p or 1080i?? I want the best, smoothest picture quality.
My salesman told me to set it to 1080i since it is the highest resolution for DVD movies. My brother told me to set it to 720p because you do not want to upconvert and then interlace...too much processing since DVD player is progressive to begin with (480p)...thus, stick with 720p.
Thanks in advance.
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