jessecrx

I recently bought a 30Inch Sony HD Monitor(KV30HS420)and the TV looks great when I use my Xbox on it and right now I have a regular Sony DVD player with Component Cables. When I went back to Circuit City the guy who sold me the TV tried to talk me into getting a Toshiba DVD player that has an HDMI connector. Supposedly it's supposed to upconvert the resolution or something.....I just got the TV to replace my old Sony 27 Inch.

Here are the specs of the TV and I was wanting to know if anyone else here has upgraded their DVD players to this type of connection and if there is a difference in picture quality.

Sony KV-30HS420 Specifications

General
Product type TV - Color


Technology CRT


Diagonal size 30 in


Image aspect ratio 16:9


HDTV compatible Yes


CRT type FD Trinitron


Series WEGA


Width 35.4 in


Depth 22.2 in


Height 23.8 in


Weight 149.7 lbs
Video System
Vertical resolution 1080 lines


Comb filter 3D digital
Audio System
Sound output mode Stereo


Surround sound effects SRS TruSurround


Audio controls Bass,Treble,Balance


Total output power 30 Watt


Speakers included 2 speakers


Speaker system details 2 x Right/left channel speaker - Built-in - 15 Watt


Additional features SteadySound auto volume
Television Features
Widescreen modes Full,Zoom,Normal,Wide Zoom

Freeze memo Yes


Display menu language French,English,Spanish


Picture adjustment Vivid/Standard/Movie/Sports


Color temperature control Yes


Additional features On-screen menu,Auto white balance,Auto pedestal clamp,Dynamic focus circuitry,3:2 pulldown compensation,Dynamic picture processor,Velocity modulation scanning,Vertical aperture compensation,Digital reality creation multifunction
Tuner / Channel Details
Tuner type (qty) Standard TV (1)


Reception system NTSC


Stereo reception system MTS


Channel coverage VHF:2-13,UHF:14-69,Cable:1-125


Remote control features Multi-brand compatibility
Connections / Cables / Slots
Input/Output connections 2 x Component video input (RCA phono x 3) - Rear,1 x Composite video/audio input (RCA phono x 3) - Front,3 x Composite video/audio input (RCA phono x 3) - Rear,1 x S-Video input (4 pin mini-DIN) - Front,2 x S-Video input (4 pin mini-DIN) - Rear,2 x Control S - Rear,1 x Fixed/variable audio output (RCA phono x 2) - Rear,1 x HDMI - Rear,3 x Audio line-in (RCA phono x 2) - Rear,1 x Composite video/audio output (RCA phono x 3) - Rear

I did a search and didn't find a straight forward answer.....maybe this time I can get one

Thanks and Happy Holidays

chipmac

I'm not familiar with that model so I can't say for sure. You'll need to find out what resolution the TV displays at when fed a 480 interlaced signal from typical DVDs. If you have choices of whether it will display at 480p, 960i or 1080i. If the TV will up convert from 480i to 1080i then save your money because the TV is already doing what the new player would do. If the TV only display the 480i signal at 480p or 960i then it could be worth it to you.

ClownFace666

Upconverting players show extremely little if any difference on a tube set or CRT. Tube sets are really still analogue and it processes the signal to analouge before digital.

The Sony 420, 955, and 960 are all fine tube choices. Some of the best options period. Any of these should be able to give you very good DVD performance.

You need a digital fixed pixel based display (LCD & Plasma) for example to see a difference. Even then, it might not be much at all. It just depends of the display and player.

DVD resolution is 480. Just because a player upconverts it doesnt mean it will suddenly change into HDTV quality.

I think these players are marketed a little deceiving. I mean the average person is going to see upconverts to HDTV and then think they are going to get some HDTV feed.

Not going to happen. If thats what you want, wait for an HD DVD Player and the material to go with it next year.

Lampei

This may not completely answer your question, but there was a brilliant post/read over at avsforum on HDDVD/upconversion/DVD players in general. Very useful read (it's been stickied over there now), a bit long, but very quick.

TomMiller

What Clown Face said. With a CRT, there is no point. All you would be doing is swapping the Digital to Analog converter in the DVD player for the DAC on your TV. I am surprised that a CRT even comes with an HDMI input.

The biggest reason to use an HDMI cable is to avoid using the DACs alltogether, keeping the signal digital the entire way. All the upconverting does is use the DVD player's scaler instead of the one in your TV.

So in your set up, you would be using the DVD player's scaler, and the TV's DAC. I suppose if you had some knowledge that your DVD player had a great scaler and a horrible DAC that might be a defensible set-up. But without evidence, for all you know the reverse is true and you are paying $300 for a worse picture.

X

There is a slight increase in picture quality on my CRT RPTV when I upconvert to 1080i on my HTPC with a VGA connection. Not a lot, but enough to prefer it.

jessecrx

I want to thank you guys for the input you have given. I'd like to learn more about this stuff.....DAC, CRT, Scalers, LCD, Plasma....

Sorry for the noobiness