What is the difference between upscaling dvd players and Blu-Ray dvd players?

I want to upscale my dvds and I want to know if Blu-Ray has anything extra over a regular upscale player.What is the difference between upscaling dvd players and Blu-Ray dvd players?
The most important thing to remember is that all DVD's only have 480 interlaced lines to create the picture and no amount of scaling, upconverting or virgin sacrifices will ever change that.



Sure upscaling DVD players do a good job of "cleaning up" the picture over a regular non-upconverting player, but the disc still only has 480 interlaced lines.



Bluray discs have 1080 progressive scanned lines to create a picture, so you get between 5-7 times more resolution and the picture quality is far better than an "upconverted" standard DVD. Now if you get a Bluray player and connect it via HDMI, the Bluray player will also "upconvert" standard DVD's but you still will only have 480i scan lines, but also have the option of playing Bluray movies.



If your gonna buy an upcoverting player, i would suggest you check out internet brand Oppo players. Going head to head against players costing thousands in lab testing, the Oppo players beat them out hands down, including cadence, 3:2 pull down conversion and picture quality. Oppo players can be had for about 150.00



If you want to be future proof, spend 150.00 more than the Oppo and get a PS3 which currently is ranked as the best Bluray player and is easily "upgraded" via internet.



i also agree on prices for movies. i have over 150 bluray movies and the most I think I have spent is 20.00 and that was for the five disc Blade Runner version. Most movies can be bought cheap online or at stores like Fry's Electronics which always has 10.00 Bluray movies on sale or two for one deals.
most of the bluray players upscale dvds .

bluray can obviously play dvds and blurays at the full hd resoultion thatis 1080p

wheres dvds can only play dvds and artifically upscale dvds to make it 1080p .

hope tht helps

good luckWhat is the difference between upscaling dvd players and Blu-Ray dvd players?
Bluray looks way better than upscaled dvds. They have about 5 times the detail if you have a good enough TV (1080i/1080p)What is the difference between upscaling dvd players and Blu-Ray dvd players?
About the only reason I can see for buying a Blu-ray player for DVD upscaling is so that you can go ahead and upgrade your entire player to jump on the HD bandwagon. Personally, I'd wait. The Blu-ray standard isn't a standard yet: They keep changing things, such as recently upping the profile to one older players can't support. Once the Blu-ray camp gets all their ducks in a row, it might finally be worth thinking about.



Even then I'd wait. $30 movies? No thanks. I say give it another year to see if prices on players and movies even show *signs* of going down.



Fortunately, upscaling DVD players can be found at very decent prices these days. If you've got HDMI ports on your television, I say go for it.



The upscaling technology is pretty much the same for standard DVDs whether you go with a DVD set top or a Blu-ray player. Most use a bilinear scaling similar to what computer video cards have been doing for years, and give you results that might make you not care about true HD for awhile (depending on your television and personal taste). If you have a Bestbuy or larger electronics dealer nearby, by all means ask to see the difference between a standard composite image and an upscaled one.



[Edit] Um, Lord Greatmane? I'm not a "she." Lord G is right, however, about the composite video. I meant to say "component." The difference is that component uses three cables to transmit video data (higher bandwidth), where composite only uses one. HDMI only uses one, as well--but no analog conversion takes place, and all data arrives to its target free of further compression or alteration.



[Edit] To sjburke73, I ask where my misinformation is. You've just admitted that features were added to the Blu-ray profile. Fine, but what happens if you already own a player that can't access them? You're paying money for features present on the disk... but you can't access them. It's penalty for early adoption. NOW, as for your movie prices. Do you honestly think the average consumer spends the entire day combing the internet for deals? Movies tend to be bought while out getting other things. Even dedicated electronics giants like Bestbuy do their best to keep the movie selection close to the entrance to snag buyers; go in for a video card, walk out with a video card and "Ace Ventura." Also, it helps to pay attention to the release prices of *new* arrivals. All older titles find their way into the bargain bin. VHS had it. DVD still has it. Blu-ray now has it, as well. You're obviously sold on this expensive and still-evolving technology--and that's fine. But calling *me* "jaded" and then proceeding to bash me with baseless bullshit is just childish. Have fun spending tons of money!
While writersblock makes some valid points she fails when she talks about comparing the two. Composite is the worst way to transmit video. Any HDMI player will look great compared to composite even if it's running at 480.



As to what you get with a BD player compared to an upscaling player? The ability to play BD disks. Standard DVDs are at 480 lines of resolution. BDs are at 1080 lines.



To make it clearer, SD is 307,200 pixels. BD is 2,073,600 pixels, almost 7 times more. That's a heck of a difference.



If you wait till next Christmas the prices will be coming down some. For now you might want to go to Wal-mart and grab a cheap upscaling player for about $40 and save your pennies for a BD player once the prices get a little more reasonable.
Upscaling DVD players that cost under $200 are a big scam.

Your HDTV scales all inputs to its native resolution, so which do you think is going to do a better job, the $3,000 HDTV or the $79 upscaling DVD player? The only upscaling DVD players that do a better job than the TV are ones with Realta, Reon or Anchor Bay processing chips inside them, and you will NOT find those for under $200.



In addition plenty of the new receivers on the market now have better upscaling than the budget players. Truly, a big scam.



Nevermind that the upscaling doesn't magically change the native 480i resolution of the DVD. Garbage in, garbage out. You still get the same pixelation and macroblocking that was on the low bitrate MPEG-2 encoded DVD to begin with.



"writersblock" is obviously a bit jaded and feeding you plenty of misinformation. The "profiles" that he's talking about merely added features. The actual movie is still playable on ALL Blu-ray Disc players. Certain features like internet connectivity require a BD-Live player that's hooked up to the internet, if you don't run an internet connection to the player, you can't access the features. Bonus View discs when played on the original players will allow you to view all the PIP features as separate featurettes, thus you're not missing anything there either.



Also, I don't know who is stupid enough to pay MSRP pricing for discs, because most BLu-ray Discs are within a few $'s of their special edition DVD counterparts. There are LOADS of Blu-ray Discs available for under $20, you just have to take a moment to look for them.



The Fifth Element - $14.95

Black Hawk Down - $14.95

I Am Legend - $18.95

National Treasure 1%26amp;2 - $19.98 each

Short Circuit - $11.95

Batman Begins - $17.95

Transformers - $24.95

Tears of the Sun - $17.95

Big Fish - $17.95

The Usual Suspects - $18.95



You get the picture!



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The difference in image of a Blu-ray Disc over an upscaled DVD is night and day unless you're sitting 20ft away from a 40" screen.



Unless you're DVD player has crapped out, I'd hold off for just four more months when you'll be able to score a fully functioning Blu-ray player for $199 on Black Friday, then again in the weeks leading up to Christmas.
Bluray is in a native 1080/24p display, but upconverting can take a standard dvd and fill in pixels up to 1080/24p. It's just as sharp as BR but not as accurate because it's using algorithms to fill in the missing pixels. So it looks "almost" as good, but not quite. Considering the difference in price and I'm using an HD-DVD player - almost is good enough for me, I may never go bluray. I can have a bunch of dvd's and dvd players in the house, but BR is too expensive for that including new discs.