I'm in the market for one of the new budget friendly 1080i dvd players. I collected some information from reviews but wanted to verify the accuracy of this information with the HT Guide pros.
I'm leaning toward the samsung but the lack of upscaling on component bugs me (according to reviews I read it only does upscale over DVI where the zenith does both dvi and compnent -- is this true?) and the fact that I can't find the canadian LG version for sale in canada is making it hard to choose the Zenith/LG.
Zenith DVB318 / LG 7832 (if i can find it here in .ca)
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Stats below pulled from the 318:
Price: $199us
Optical out: yes
Coax out: yes
Stereo analog/virtual surround: Yes l/r out
SACD: No
DVD-A: unknown
DVI Out: Yes
Component out: Yes
Upscaling: 720p and 1080i (no 480i output on dvi or coponent)
Upscaling chip: Faroudja's DCDi
Faults:
White Crush on DVI
Extensive pixel crop over 1080i
bleed on 720p
Samsung 931
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Price: $220us
Optical out: Yes
Coax out: Yes
Stereo analog/virtual surround: yes (composite x2)
SACD: yes
DVD-A: yes
DVI Out: Yes
Component out: Yes
Upscaling: 720p/1080i DVI only none on component
Upscaling chip: Faroudja's DCDi
Faults:
anyone have any?
I'm leaning toward the samsung but the lack of upscaling on component bugs me (according to reviews I read it only does upscale over DVI where the zenith does both dvi and compnent -- is this true?) and the fact that I can't find the canadian LG version for sale in canada is making it hard to choose the Zenith/LG.
Zenith DVB318 / LG 7832 (if i can find it here in .ca)
========
Stats below pulled from the 318:
Price: $199us
Optical out: yes
Coax out: yes
Stereo analog/virtual surround: Yes l/r out
SACD: No
DVD-A: unknown
DVI Out: Yes
Component out: Yes
Upscaling: 720p and 1080i (no 480i output on dvi or coponent)
Upscaling chip: Faroudja's DCDi
Faults:
White Crush on DVI
Extensive pixel crop over 1080i
bleed on 720p
Samsung 931
========
Price: $220us
Optical out: Yes
Coax out: Yes
Stereo analog/virtual surround: yes (composite x2)
SACD: yes
DVD-A: yes
DVI Out: Yes
Component out: Yes
Upscaling: 720p/1080i DVI only none on component
Upscaling chip: Faroudja's DCDi
Faults:
anyone have any?
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