I'm sure you all have an opinion on this so go ahead and tell me what it is.

I looked at BestBuy and they had about 5 models by LG, Philips, Samsung, Toshiba and Panasonic but the only one that had component INPUTS was the Philips...the others only had s-video in.

Thanks for your thoughts.

9/23/2006 9:57:57 AM

anyone?

9/24/2006 9:56:11 AM

[Edited on September 24, 2006 at 10:58 AM. Reason : ]

9/24/2006 10:58:09 AM

i have an upconvert dvd player by samsung and it works and looks great...but dont have a recorder on it

9/24/2006 11:09:35 AM

save your money....wait for hd-dvd or blu-ray to get cheaper or just buy progressive scan recorder, there isnt that much difference for what you pay......trust me....and you cant up-convert through s-video.....most likely they had HDMI or DVI....



[Edited on September 24, 2006 at 12:11 PM. Reason : .]

9/24/2006 12:09:29 PM

^the upconvert output on all of these is HDMI, the s-video I was talking about was the input to the DVD Recorder. The Philips was the only one with a component input.

The other day I picked up the Philips from BestBuy but wasn't impressed when it only upconverts to 480p over the HDMI connection -- that's not even upconverting, it's just progressive scan marketed as upconversion. It's getting returned ASAP.

Any other thoughts on brands though?

9/25/2006 11:52:11 AM

bumpage

9/26/2006 1:35:59 AM

I have a Pioneer DVD recorder with vhs, but not upconvert.....its works pretty good, but the instructions might as well have been in russian. Sorry for not reading the first post entirely.

[Edited on September 26, 2006 at 2:15 AM. Reason : .]

9/26/2006 2:14:13 AM