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What are some of the differences between sound and picture quality?
Home » Home Theater » DVD Players and Recorders » What are some of the differences between sound and picture quality?Sound and picture quality are the two most important things when deciding on DVD player, and even a DVD recorder. The one thing to understand about DVD picture quality is that even on the low cost models, it’s going to be amazing. There are some differences between a $200 DVD player and a $900 DVD player, but unless you have a large screen you may not notice the different. The bit of information that you may want to look at is the “D/A processing.” This just means Digital to Analog processing. Basically the higher the number the better with a 10 being a great picture processor. The only other thing that you need to look at is if the DVD player is HD compatible. With the massive strain towards HD televisions now, it would be a waste of money to get a HD TV and then buy a non-HD compatible DVD player.
The most important consideration with sound is the ability to split the sound. Most extremely low-end DVD players will have the ability to split the sound into two parts – left and right. This is a hindrance on your sound system if you have surround sound, or if you ever think that you might want to get surround sound. Higher low-end DVD players will have DTS (Digital Theatre Sound) or Dolby surround sound. This means that the sound is split into six different distinct sounds, so that you can hear the spaceship in Star Wars start at the front of the room and move to the back when it takes off.
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