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Posted at 6:49 AM on Saturday 12/15/07 by
Ben
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Philips Outlet has the refurbished Philips Upconvert DVD Player with Divx (DVP3960/37) for $30 with free shipping. This DVD player upconverts your DVDs to 720p/1080i.
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    jamespayne - Posted 8:36 am PST 12/15/07 (89 Posts)  Report Spam

    You got this new for $50. Why bother getting a refurbished one

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    lawnsprinkler - Posted 8:47 am PST 12/15/07 (1876 Posts)  Report Spam

    Why buy a new one for $50 when you can get a white hooker for $100? Is upconversion necessary in a player? Don't HD TV's do that anyways?

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    twikoff - Posted 10:15 am PST 12/15/07 (1288 Posts)  Report Spam

    this is a nice one.. but new isnt much more than refurb.. and you can get one with usb without paying much more either.

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    gpeek - Posted 11:03 am PST 12/15/07 (486 Posts)  Report Spam

    #2 The DVD player looks at the compressed data coming off the disk so it has more information available for up converting. For example, the player can use the motion vectors to help interpolate the data from across multiple frames.

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    lawnsprinkler - Posted 12:16 pm PST 12/15/07 (1876 Posts)  Report Spam

    Motion vectors, got it.

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    zyg0te - Posted 1:49 pm PST 12/15/07 (7 Posts)  Report Spam

    #1 - cause u save 20 bucks
    thats 18 items at the dollar store and some change

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    mmfluvs - Posted 1:50 pm PST 12/15/07 (9 Posts)  Report Spam

    Is anyone aware of an upconverting DVD player over component? I know that it isn't a technical restriction but is a "rule" restriction by the motion picture industry. I have an excellent Panasonic TV (51") that I feel has many years left in it and would love to take advantage of the 1080i feature of the TV (no HDMI, no DVI).

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    chira - Posted 2:48 pm PST 12/15/07 (213 Posts)  Report Spam

    #2 NOT all HD-TVs do upconversion from 480p to 1080i/720P...

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    lopgok - Posted 3:17 pm PST 12/15/07 (118 Posts)  Report Spam

    #7, all the panasonic players such as this one have component
    video output.

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