I have some random player that I use for playing .avi, mpg4 etc. and I agree that it is invaluable. But it is a bedroom player as my HD-A1 is connected to the same output as my computer, so I can watch those things anyway. If the HD-A1 could have played all those, it would be amazing.

But I will echo what everyone else has said....dvd upconverted on the HD-A1 are amazing....unless it is a crap transfer, then you realize.."hey, this was a crap transfer, and I was only vaguely aware of it before, but now I'm pissed off." Fortunately that is for very few movies.

I did the exact same thing....I had planned to keep the Oppo, but after seeing the upconversion on the A1, I sold it to my brother for $150.

I watch my PAL movies in my 360 now... I dont have alot of those anyways.

Let me put it to you this way.

This player holds up pretty darn well to the Denon DVD-5910 that I dropped $3K on last year!

:(

:eek: Wow. On the bright side, going with HD-DVD and BD must look like a drop in the bucket.

Yeah....

Given that that piece of garbage Samsung player is its only option right now, the drop is still a bit too big for me to be an early adopter of BD too, however.

Upconverting on the HD-A1...better than normal HD Upconvert players?

YES! I got rid of my 3910.

I watched Hotel Rwanda last night on my Toshiba and I could not believe how good it looked. It was very very good. I'm extremely pleased with the upconverting on this unit.

what upconverts from HD A1 get YOU off?
 

My list . . .

New Brazil, Seven Samurai, Playtime transfers

New Some Like It Hot

New Blade Runner

and yes the much discusses Star Wars Special Edition

So far I thought that the following looked great upconverted...
-Hard Candy
-Supernatural: Season 1
-My Name is Earl: Season 1

I enjoy Earl on broadcast cable. Thanks for the tip.

Crap, the new Brazil and Seven Samurai are out?

Spider-Man 1 Superbit!

Hotel Rwanda

Sure are.

The upconverted SD of Deadwood looks better than the HBO-HD broadcasts.

The Hills Have Eyes remake looked great. That's been one of the better dvd transfers I've seen. Fantastic Four also really benefited from the A1. Lost Seasons 1 and 2 also looked very good.

I was just trying to compile a quick list of titles. I think this deserved it's own thread.

Yeah...They still wont let us stop buying SDVD all together yet will they?

I looked at some side-by-side screenshots of the Seven Samurai discs, and I didn't find the image quality to be such a huge step up that I need to upgrade. The extras, on the other hand...I'll probably wait for one of the DDD 20% off sales.

I hadnt watched it in awhile but I thought I remembered more scratches.

Thats good to know...Ive almost pulled the trigger a couple of times. But its much easier for me to wait now, especially with all of the Disney stuff coming out at the end of the year.

Another good one...

Suspiria

Hard Candy is stunning for a SD-DVD. Great upconversion on the A1!