up-converting DVD players

[leslietroyer]

Color me confused, but why would I want a DVD player that up-converts normal DVD's to HD resolution??? Now I'm not talking about HD-DVD players - I understand that. But the normal up-converting DVD players. Doesn't the TV already do the converting (at least for the LCD TV I have??).

Les

[cameron]

Color me confused, but why would I want a DVD player that up-converts normal DVD's to HD resolution??? Now I'm not talking about HD-DVD players - I understand that. But the normal up-converting DVD players. Doesn't the TV already do the converting (at least for the LCD TV I have??).

Les

Les,

The theory is that the upconverting DVD player will do a better job of conversion than will the TV. Depending on the TV, size, model, price, etc. there's a lot of variability in the quality of the converters to convert from non-native to native resolutions.