Best video upscaling chip?

02-26-08: Donaudio
I second Mitch. Some of my SD-DVDs look alsmost HD with the XA-2 so it doesn't bother me too much that HD is dead.
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Donaudio, I think you have it all wrong,HD is not dead,HD-DVD is whats dead.Almost HD is NOT HD...8^)

Other than the Toshiba HD XA2, which is no longer available, do any other DVD players available now with a video upscaler use the Silicon Optix Reon chip or Realta chip? And does anyone know which video chip the new Oppo 983 coming available soon will have?

Google search: Oppo 983 video chip.
Result: The video chip is high quality ABT, better than Farouja.

Lots more out there, just use the search terms shown. Good luck!

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The now retired Samsung BD-1200 Blu Ray player and the current Samsung BD-5000U dual format (HD DVD and Blu Ray) player both use the Reon chip.

I believe that the high end Onkyo receivers also use the Reon chip, and some high end Pioneer Elite receivers use the Realta chip. Sorry but I don't recall the model numbers.

Devices using the Reon or Realta chips will usually be labeled as featuring HQV (Hollywood Quality Video).

I have the XA2 and the BD-1200. Both excel at upsampling standard DVDs.

The Denon 2930CI has the Reon chip. The 5930CI has the Realta. I have forgotten which chip the 3930CI has.