Upscaling DVD Player?

We are looking to buy a 1080p HDTV and don’t want to make the switch to Blu-Ray so we are looking into DVD Upconverters. I have a few Questions. When I look at the product pages for players online, I see “1080p Upscaling DVD player” but when I look at online reviews I see “This DVD player is equipped with progressive scan”. So will these DVD players really make regular DVD’s look 1080p? I have also heard that TV’s can Upscale DVD’s to 1080p or whatever their native resolution is. So if they upconvert, what’s the point in buying a Upconverting DVD Player?

There are “upconverters” and “scalers”. The scalers will give you a much better picture than the upconverters. The other the thing to remember is that sometimes the TV has the better “upconverter/scaler” and sometimes the DVD player has the better upconverter/scaler.

If I were you, I’d spend the money on an HDTV with superior upconverting/scaling capabilities and stick with an “average” DVD player. The extra green spent on your TV will make ALL of your video sources look better. And you might reconsider the Blu-ray Disc. You can get a decent player for around $300. The audio alone is worth the price of admission.

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