Do I need an HD upconverter

[delste]

I am about to purchase a Sony Sony KDS-R60XBR2 SXRD 1080p RPTV. I own a Pioneer Elite DV-05 DVD player. I have been reading about HD upconverters and notice that some TV's have them built in and that some DVD players output in a fashion that the upconverter is not needed.

Could someone tell me if I would need an upconverter with the Sony and Pioneer DVD player. Thanks in advance

Steve

 

[majorloser]

Your XBR will upconvert all signals to the 1080p native resolution. The DVD player will output a 480p signal via component video connections and your XBR set will upconvert to it's 1080p native resolution.

There are some advantages to an upconverting DVD player. Mainly an all digital signal. The new Oppo 981 (not released yet) is supposed to output a 1080p signal via HDMI.

If you are happy with the picture, that's all that matters. There may be some gains with another device doing the upconversion versus the processor in the XBR.

 

[delste]

Your XBR will upconvert all signals to the 1080p native resolution. The DVD player will output a 480p signal via component video connections and your XBR set will upconvert to it's 1080p native resolution.

There are some advantages to an upconverting DVD player. Mainly an all digital signal. The new Oppo 981 (not released yet) is supposed to output a 1080p signal via HDMI.

If you are happy with the picture, that's all that matters. There may be some gains with another device doing the upconversion versus the processor in the XBR.

Thank you for your reply.

Steve