Sony DVP-NS92V DVD player

Posted by T3 Online on Fri 26 Oct 2007

Give your DVDs an HD boost, if you're pocket's deep enough...

In the late 90s, we were so blown away by DVD that throwing on a copy of Highlander was enough to get friends oohing and aahing. Now players such as this Sony have taken the silver disc to the next level by upscaling to Hi-Def.

The sleek-looking spinner takes a normal DVD and boosts the image to HDTV resolution via HDMI. Hook up an HD-ready projector or flat-panel via this all-digital connection and the player will do the rest, providing tons of extra detail. In the opening scene of Shaun of the Dead, for instance, the difference is immediately noticeable: using Scart, the characters' faces look slightly soft and fluffy, but through HDMI they're razor-sharp, with stubble and so on showing up far more clearly.

It isn't the cheapest HDMI-equipped player around, but the picture's a little crisper than that of the £110 Samsung DVD-HD850, plus you get SACD playback thrown in. Personally, though, we'd fork out another £50 for Denon's DVD-1920, with its sharper picture and fuller sound.