I have a Optoma projector which is HDTV compatible (480i/p, 576i/p, 720p, 1080i). It does not have HDMI/DIV input but it can take component thru components to 15 pin (RCA). It is getting 480p level pictures thru my old DVd player. Yesterday I bought Samsung HD870 from Walmart but it seems this piece does not provide upconversion thru components.
Can anybody help me to buy an upconversion DVD which upconvert thru components or easily unlocked.
hi folks, I did my research and also spoke to bestbuy and the source guys. they have no idea of upconversion players which can do tricks thru components cables.
There were some players that could be hacked to upconvert over component a few years ago, they are pretty much gone now. Oppo is the only one left that I know of that can be hacked to upconvert over component. You might want to check that out over at AVS before buying one to make sure they can still be hacked. All HDTVs upconvert to their native resolution, I don't know if that's true of projectors or not.
I will visit flee market today to find if they have any hacked dvd available. my projetor also has round rs232 socket and in the manual, they refer this as dvi socket also. is there any round dvi thing available?
There are many players that will upconvert a native 480i signal from a standard DVD and pass the upconversion over component to a front projector or fixed pixel display.
Oppo makes several as does Denon etc. Hometheater secrets DVD shootout data can provide a very long list and actually tests upconversion abiities as well.
No hack is needed. We arent trying to pass a copy protected signal over component as native 480 material is not routinely copy protected.
I don't know where you get your info from but you're way off. Virtually all retail DVDs are CSS encrypted and cannot be upconverted over component on any DVD player unless hacked. Home recorded DVDs are a different story since they are not copy protected. Oppo players MUST be hacked to upconvert retail DVDs over component. That hack will void the warranty.
WE are just talking semantics. An upconverting DVD player like an OPPO c an be used with component cables no problem. Remember, upconversion existed before HDMI. We are not talking about passing a native 1080P signal which is a different topic than upconversion.
Upconvert players WILL NOT upconvert retail CSS encrypted discs, virtually all retail DVDs, over component unless hacked, period. There were a select few that would a few years ago, they are gone now. The best any new player will do over component is 480p. You need to do some homework, you don't know what you're talking about.
Use of an upconverting DVD player will take a 480i DVD, upconvert it to 1080i and send it over component to a fixed pixel display, which, if also at hi def resolution, will display it as such.
Update: The HVD2085 reviewed here can upconvert even protected content to 1080p via anolog, as well as a couple other players (most requiring hacks). Apparently some Chinese manufacturers have gotten around the CSS restriction, but I haven't ben able to find out specifics yet.
That's an old player, good luck finding one. Like I said there were a few that would upconvert over component a few years back, they are gone now. To upconvert over component with any current players requires them to be hacked and very few can even be hacked. Some, possibly all, Oppo players can be hacked. Even the players that can be hacked to upconvert over component don't always work with all discs.