Will an upscaling dvd player improve FTV?

[Banzai_Joe]

Hi all,
buying as an upscaling dvd player today, old dvd player is knacked, and not quite ready for BD player yet.

However, if i connect my freeview coax cable into the player then hdmi from player to tv will the tv signal passthough and upscale to the tv?

Just a thought i guess.

thanks for any advice.

 

[Banzai_Joe]

Right, just bought a LG DVX492 upscaling dvd player from somewhere for less than £40. Very nice looking, will match my LG 42 PQ6000 tv nicely i think.
Just looked on the back and there is no RF output anyway, just scart, component, optical out and HDMI.
Looking forward to testing this out tonight. It had some good reviews on other forums.

Thanks for the input guys.

 

[Banzai_Joe]

Hmmm.....well i watched Van Helsing dvd on it. Kept switching resolution from 480p - 576p - 720p - 1080i whilst the movie was paused in the vain hope that i'd see some difference.......i didn't!
Whether i was doing it right or not is another matter.
Overall <£40 for a nice dvd player that will, i guess, upscale some movies rather well (according to reviews) isn't a waste of money imho. Looks nice too and the remote is very small and works with the LG tv.