Looking for an upscaling DVD player?
Now that HD-DVD’s been officially abandoned, everyone who still has hardware in stock is selling it off cheaply. Buying an HD-DVD player seems like a poor investment, but you can look at it another way: it’s now possible to buy a high-quality upscaling DVD player with an HDMI output that will make your existing DVDs look great. The retailers have noticed this marketing angle, as Engadget wryly observe.
Toshiba’s HD-EP30 is a prime example, having gone from over £200 to under £80 at the time of writing — and the price is still dropping. That’s quite a discount, and you’re probably getting some really good quality electronics for the money, but it might still not be the best value out there if you’re looking for a budget-friendly way to watch DVDs on an HDTV.
For example, the Toshiba SD370E is available for just £40. It’s an HD DVD player rather than an HD-DVD player — that hyphen makes a difference! — but its HDMI upscaling ‘makes old DVD’s sparkle on an HD television’, according to one reviewer.
Blog posted on Friday, February 22nd, 2008 at 10:37 am under Televisions. Leave a comment, or trackback from your own site.
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