Can a standard DVD player be converted for HDMI?
Answers: Practically no. HDMI is digital and composite (yellow) and component (red/green/blue) are analog. And even if you could it would lone be 480i (or p if a progressive player). You need an upconverting DVD player or true HD disk player (Blu-ray or HD DVD) to take HD output over HDMI.
BTW, your HDTV will upconvert from 480i/p to it's native HD resolution (use component cable to get the best picture), however most HDTVs do not do as appropriate a job as a apposite upconverting DVD player (See link).
If your new TV is 720p format you should consider a well-mannered upconverting DVD player since your TV won't provide significant benefit from HD disks (in my view incontestably not worth the premium price of disks). Of course this would be for you to decide.
If your Phillips HDTV is 1080p you might be better rotten buying an HD disk player. Both formats upconvert normal DVDs as okay as play their respective format HD disks. If you are prepared to pay the premium price for HD disks over DVD, Blu-ray is the better choice since it is the most probable survivor of the HD "format wars" ... but it's more expensive (~$400) than HD DVD players (from ~$125).
Even with Blu-ray human being the probable survivor format, there are still circumstances where on earth purchsing an HD DVD player makes sense. I suggest if you consider it as an upconverting DVD player (that will also play HD DVD disks) and compare to DVD singular upconverters the prices are close. And if you can buy with the 5 free HD DVD disks (or 10 that Amazon be offering recently) it almost becomes a no brainer.
Silencet... is not a enthusiast of upconverting, however he is wrong about the potential level of the output. While some upconverters don't do a good living, the better ones (e.g. Reon HQV, Faroudja/Genesis) do a remarkable job. No, you can't put surrounded by detail that wasn't originally there, but you can catch an image that at 720p is individual slightly soft relative to true HD. I don't claim upconverters beat 1080p HD, but it's still a terrifically watchable picture.
I can speak from experience since I use an HD-A2 HD DVD player as my primary player in my home show business, and the image on my 110" eyeshade and 720p projector looks pretty darn good to me. HD DVDs (which are acknowledged as have the same video point as Blu-ray) look only slightly better -- not ample for me to have bothered buying more than one or two.
So .. there's the info. Balance your option and decide. Happy watching of your trial HDTV.
No DVD players play in HD, the resolution you obtain out of a set of composites are the best it gets and for DVD hi-def isn't really offered. Can it be converted to HDMI, very well in suggestion yes it can but you will not get upscaled resolution. Realistically upscaling itself is a banter, it utilizes an age old dithering technique to endow with the illusion of HD. You own 2 realistic choices for HD video and thats Blu-Ray and HD-DVD and I wouldn't even bother beside those until a combined unit is produced and the prices drop....profoundly
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