Upconversion DVD players/recorders, who has them?....

[rubberman]

on the upconversion dvd players/recorders, it upconverts normal DVDs to 1080 but does it upconvert tv signals such as cable or satellite signals(SD) to 1080 too when you run it into the up-player?

[MOVIEGEEK]

No you need a HD cable/satellite box for that.

[rubberman]

i was curious on that cause i have a regular dvd recorder using component cables to get 480P which it still shows taht when i run SD satellite into it but it looks like crap then it does running satellite straight to the tv

[oldandinthe way]

SD images running from cable on my Lite-On recorder look like crap. Because the Lite-On Tuner is crap. I use my VCR's tuner to feed the recorder.

If you are running through a tuner on your recorder there is a good chance that the tuner is crap.

An upconversion player recorder takes SD input and rescales it to fill the screen on a HD TV.

[rubberman]

i run audio straight to the home theater reciever but the video goes to the LiteOn recorder than on to the HDTV

[slgorin]

You will see the best results with a HDMI cable. The component cable in most cases will not do the highest up conversion.

[rubberman]

i dont have an upconvert player yet so i have to run component cable.

[lordsmurf]

My HDTV upconverts better than the DVD player does.

[samijubal]

My Sony HDTV upconverts better than my Toshiba DVD recorder does.

[oldandinthe way]

If you are running an RF input to the lite-on and using the Lite-on's tuner, either on channel 3 or changing channels, you image looks like crap because of the Liteon.

If your satellite receiver provides a composite video output (a/v) you can improve the picture by connecting that to an A/V input on the Liteon and setting the Lite-On's video source to that a/v port.

Lord Smurf and samijubal's experience is pretty common. An upconverting player will not help you. An upconverting recorder might but only if its tuner is better than the Lite-on's.

[rubberman]

i use the composite out(yellow/red/white)of the dish network reicever to the LiteOn inputs then the component out to the TV. How can you have the tv upconver the signal? it has thttps://forum.videohelp.com/posting.php?mode=reply&t=338215
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[rubberman]

i use the composite out(yellow/red/white)of the dish network reicever to the LiteOn inputs then the component out to the TV. How can you have the tv upconvert the signal? it has to be via HDMI cable correct?

[lordsmurf]

My TV upconverts pretty much anything, it does not have to be on HDMI input, no. I've got a pretty high-end Sony here.

[samijubal]

All HDTVs upconvert to their native resolution. I had a different TV before the Sony that wasn't very good quality, the TV still upconverted slightly better than the Toshiba recorder. It sounds like the Lite-On has poor quality progressive to me. Progressive should look far better than interlaced.