upconverting

I am about to order an "upconverting" dvd player but am concerned it does not actually play dvds. I just want a cheap player and this is a samsung at amazon. Will it play liek a normal regular player? thankyou

Where can I find a great deal online for Toshiba DVR660 1080p Upconverting VHS DVD Recorder

There is no magic. It is called scaling via interpolation. A DVD has 480 lines HD is 720 or 1080 lines. An upconverter "guesses" the missing lines.

I have heard that an upconverting dvd player can upconvert a regular dvd to near blue ray quality. If this is true I would like to get one but here is where I'm lost. My TV has a dvi and two component video inputs and is 1080i...not 1080p. I know i can get an adapter from hdmi to my dvi but will...

...HDTV (Blu Ray quality). ? I just bought an upconverting DVD player (Phillips), and put it on my new TV and it did not look that great. I thought it would look better. 1. When using this upconverting DVD player, will it upconvert older DVDs? I tried to play the Bourne Identity, on a 1080 JVC...

I am assuming that the sole purpose of an upconverting DVD player is to display the DVD at original 16:9 ratio in its full 852x480 resolution (that is if the DVD actually contains 852x480 resolution(lots of DVDs are 4:3 ratio with 720x480 standard resolution). But heres the thing, as far as I...