Originally Posted by korea71
So who has one these DVD players? I am looking at the Sony model and I was wondering if it really works. Hopefully I can finally free up one of my component inputs so I can plug my XBOX into it.
The Comcast HD box already takes up one and the other is taken up by my current dvd player. From what I understand, the DVI connection send both video and audio so I am not sure how that is going to work with my receiver set-up. My TV has the DVI input so no problem there. Always looking to decrease the number of cables.
I'm relatively certain DVI is video only. Audio will still be just as it is with component video.
If you're just looking to free up inputs, it certainly will work for that - DVI does indeed carry a video signal.
Are you looking at the machines that upsample standard DVDs (interpolates 480p to 720p iirc)? Reviews I have read say it does marginally improve picture quality.
Don't mistake those for true DVD-HD/Blu-ray which use a different physical media (like CD vs. SACD). This provides true, native HD (720p/1080i) data volumes and rates.