The X5000 has an upscaling DVD player built in along with all the home media options.
Model AVR-990 features Anchor Bay Technologies ABT-2010 advanced video deinterlacing and upscaling, converting SD sources to HD.
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It has six HDMI 1.3a inputs, 1080p video upscaling of all sources using the powerful Faroudja DCDi Cinema processor chip.
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Should I spring for a second Blu-ray player of some kind, or should I just get an upscaling DVD deck?
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Samsung's Premium Blu-ray Player (model BD-F7500) features advanced upscaling capabilities, allowing users to experience ordinary SD and HD content in superior resolution.
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There isn't much to say about upscaling DVD players these days but the statement still holds true that they do make a difference.
Denon has a proven track record in the 1080p upscaling game, and its latest entry-level player looks to be yet another winner.
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Then the Sony rep flicked the projector into 4K upscaling mode, which takes the 1920 x 1080 signal from the PS3 and converts it to 4096 x 2160.
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Sure, it still has all the upscaling goodness of its older brother but add a pinch of networking and a dash of high-end audio circuitry to create a slick home media device.
It keeps going: there's a custom Bluetooth controller that can handle every system, mix-and-match original controller support, save states and upscaling for both video (to 720p, through HDMI) as well as audio.
The primarily glossy red device casually holds your iPod video, and provides a Source, Format, and Connect button to go along with the volume keys, and houses Marvell's 88DE2710 digital video format converter to handle the upscaling.
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Interestingly, you'll also see a significant impact from upscaling your footage through the Sony projector's processing engine -- which makes 'Reality Creation' one of the stars of this show, not least because 4K content is so hard to find.
ENGADGET: This is what native 4K home cinema looks like on Sony's VPL-VW1000ES projector
The LG Ultra HD TV's upscaling capability is crucial so consumers can enjoy the benefits of higher resolution now, while the rest of the industry, myself included, work on ways to advance this new format with native 4K content.
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The increase in detail couldn't quite keep up with that because it was artificially created, but upscaling still managed to deliver that feeling of removing one more foggy pane of glass from in front of the image -- so it's all good.
ENGADGET: This is what native 4K home cinema looks like on Sony's VPL-VW1000ES projector
For the person who just has to have everything, or is willing to spend more money to stick with DVD than cave in and buy two separate high definition players ( or not), Rotel has announced the forthcoming RVD-1093 upscaling DVD player.
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This is the higher-end of the two new HD DVD Toshiba models, and gets high marks for its improvements on the previous model, with faster loading times, 1080p support, a smaller form factor, and a much-improved chipset for upscaling standard-definition DVDs (the HD-A2 lacks 1080p and the improved upscaling chip).
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