Originally Posted by shaithis
The general consensus from the hardcore AV buffs is that either your TVs upscaling is better then any sub-£1000 players or your TV isn't of sufficient quality to gain any benefit from upscaling.
Don't think that upscaling to 720p is going to show the same benefits as native 720p. You cannot add detail back in that was never there in the first place.
that's pretty much right, although there are a few half decent sub £1000 players, although over about the £500 mark. not many people want to shell out that much for the last few days of SD though
if a cheap hdmi player is better than your previous model it could just be a sign that the previous model wasn't up to much. i doubt many would replace a decent non hdmi player with a cheap hdmi player