Videophiles have been waiting eagerly for the arrival of Samsung's groundbreaking DVD-HD931 ever since its introduction at the 2003 Consumer Electronics Show, where it received a CES Innovations Award for Design and Engineering.

The DVD-HD931 features two significant firsts: the ability to upconvert a standard DVD signal to HD-compatible 720p or 1080i, and a DVI output (until now only found on some HDTV tuners). If you already own an HDTV-ready TV with a compatible DVI input — especially a "fixed-pixel" TV such as a flat-panel plasma or LCD, or an LCD or DLP projection model — you can enjoy DVD picture quality that's even superior to progressive-scan DVD (480p).

The DVD-HD931's advanced Faroudja de-interlacer/scaler circuitry is what makes this high-resolution picture possible. When you connect a conventional progressive-scan DVD player to an HD-capable fixed-pixel display, a 480p analog signal is sent through the component video output to the TV, which then "scales" or upconverts the signal to the TV's native resolution. The DVD-HD931 performs this scaling internally, while the signal is still digital. When the signal passes to the TV via a DVI connection, the upconverted signal stays digital until it's displayed on the screen, thus eliminating a cycle of digital-to-analog and analog-to-digital conversions, and the accompanying loss in signal quality.

If you want to see how good DVD can look on your DVI-equipped plasma, LCD, or DLP TV, Samsung's DVD-HD931 is the player for you!

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