What to buy on Bluray?

[Lordoftherings]

I believe the TV display (or front projector) should have a good video processor first.

Then the Blu-ray player.

And last, in your A/V Receiver. But why, if your Display, or Blu-ray player has a good one to start with?

I think the receiver should put the accent on the sound, and the video should only be
a pure Video Switcher Pass-Throug, with High Res. Audio decoding (HDMI).
Save money & sanity.

[MatrixDweller]

It's kind of a catch 22 with receivers however. If you want a good one with great audio performance it most likely also has great video up-conversion included (eg: Denon above the 28xx line).

Video processing in the receiver is great if it's better than your other sources. I myself only have my PS3 connected in my HT, so I just use it's video conversion as it's better than my Denon 4306's. My projector is older and it's up-sampling is poor compared to the PS3.

I don't think it really matters where the up-conversion happens so long as the end result is a good picture. It would be nice however if you could purchase components that stripped the video processing out in order to save money. If you were to go out and buy a high end display, receiver and bluray player they will all have pretty good video processing included yet only one component needs it.

KrazyBassKevin: You obviously haven't seen a Bluray movie on a large screen compared and it to DVD. A great upconverter can guesstimate the missing pixels but a true 1080p image has the exact pixels that should be there. When you get over 60" diagonal the differences jump out at you.

[KrazyBassKevin]

Over 60 i can see but as i think i have posted my 50 Kuro hasnt seen that big of a diffence besides the color but i think that has to do with the way the player renders the MLV format or somthing like that compared to DVDS UDF or MP4 ect... Im sure the larger you go the better blue ray looks but IMO the cost are still steep for that look under 60 in where upconvert on a nice receiver can do the job IE Denon 1910

Cheers

KrazyBassKevin

[Lordoftherings]

MatrixDweller wrote:

I don't think it really matters where the up-conversion happens so long as the end result is a good picture. It would be nice however if you could purchase components that stripped the video processing out in order to save money. If you were to go out and buy a high end display, receiver and bluray player they will all have pretty good video processing included yet only one component needs it.

Agree, but the video processor should first come from your display, no?

Anyway, nowadays they can put an excellent one on your Blu-ray player for less than $300.

* So, let's save some important money, and ask the A/V Receivers manufacturers to skip all togeteher this superficial feature.
But, no way they'll do it, they need to make money somewhere...

** We live in a vicious world...

~ That's my two cents.