- Award winning Video Reference Series technology by DVDO Inc. delivers the most detailed Full HD 1080p images to an HDTV from all video sources.
- Advanced Connectivity - 9 Inputs, one box for all of your digital entertainment connections.
- Easy to Use - Input and Output (Audio and Video) Setup Wizards make installation a breeze. Included remote also makes system control easy
- AV LipSync feature syncs audio with video
- Low Latency Processing for Gamers. Eliminate "Black Bars" with intuitive zoom controls
- Includes 5 HDMI 1.3 inputs and user-defined automatic switching
So, after having issues with HDCP handshakes, HDMI versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3a, and 1.3b not playing well with most autoswitching units--this product from DVDO does all of the above with aplomb.
Want to take your upscaling DVD player, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, TiVo HD, Wii, and more and mix and match audio inputs to a single optical output? Done.
Want them all at true 1080p (including your wee-little wii?) Done.
Want to get rid of the "Sugar/Mosquito-Noise/Sparkle issue from compression of your HD inbound signal? Nicely done.
Want to see everything pop better on your HD screen without looking artificially processed? Simply Done.
Want power-on priority for various units in your system (the TiVo comes before the Xbox 360, and the Oppo comes before the PS3?) Again, done and done well.
Add a simple remote, ability to tweak at will (should you even want to) and you have a massive winner of a product.
My biggest worry was any effect I'd have on speed of play with the game consoles--no issue... It not only has a game mode but takes Wii-Widescreen 480p and puts it out at a solid 1080p/60 and looks great doing it.
Films on Blu-Ray with 1080p/24 are stellar (minus the extra stars in the black sky from compression issues.)
All in, I heartily recommend this product--and you'll note that I am fairly even in pans, middling reviews, and OK product discussions, but rarely give a rave.
This is a rave and applause to the DVDO crew. Our household has three DVDO Edge units and counting now.
[Consider this a laughter-and applause-filled standing ovation.]
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I bought my DVDO through Amazon from J. Mac Supply. The cost with shipping was $402.00. I set it up on the original 1.00 firmware, and this product worked perfectly. I own some very high end equipment. Including an LG 60 inch Plasma, an Lg BD-570 Blu-ray Player and a new Sony wifi 3D blu-ray player. I also still have a Toshiba A-2 1080p HD DVD player and about 150 HD Movies. The first thing I want to say is I was reluctant to download the latest firmware version 1.5 because this product worked so well out of the box, but after reading the improvements in the firmware, I downloaded it. It was a simple process. On my Windows 7 laptop, I went to Anchor Bay's website, downloaded the 1.5 zip file. I created a DVDO file and unzipped the download, and moved the 1.5.abt file to my DVDO file. I then plugged in a mini USB cable from my laptop, and took a paper clip and held in the reset button on the DVDO. The DVDO came up on my desktop as a mass storage device. I deleted the 1.00.abt file from the DVDO, and moved the 1.5.abt file I downloaded to the DVDO. When I unplugged the USB cable the firmware flawlessly uploaded and added so many features, they were too numerous to mention. I also liked the fact that before you download the firmware, Anchor Bay asks you what other features you would like added to the DVDO. This product and new firmware works flawlessly, and added many more features in the line of picture control and automatic switching. I also did away with my optical connection to my Yamaha 7.1 receiver, and went straight HDMI. I did not know until I bought the DVDO, that if you use only the coaxial or optical connection to a 7.1 receiver, you only get 5.1 surround. Now going through the HDMI, I am getting both 6.1 DTS and 7.1 surround, and the speakers I connected for that are all working now. (WHAT A DIFFERENCE). Now back to the DVDO. This machine is awesome, and I do not care how expensive your equipment is, you need this machine, because it will make anything better and up convert any signal to 1080p 24HZ output to the display provided your display will reproduce that signal. Because I have the 60 inch plasma, I absolutely hate watching blu-rays or HD DVDs with those ugly black bars, and most blu-ray players have no zoom feature. The DVDO flawlessly removes these bars distortion free, and cleans up noise and lip sync problems, along with a full spectrum of controls for brightness, contrast, hue, saturation and many others. This product will make any input signal better, including blu-ray. There was even a slight improvement in the HD DVDs which in my opinion are still a much better format that blu-ray. HD DVD was proven, and blu-ray even this many years into production are still having load and freeze problems. But I guess that was a money deal with Sony, and Toshiba did win the VHS Beta war years ago, so I guess it was Sony's turn. But I know this, when both formats were available, I always chose HD DVD over blu-ray. What a shame the market wouldn't allow both and we got stuck with blu-ray which is still having format problems. Oh well.In short, if you have high end or any type of 1080p TV, the DVDO is a must addition for any home theater. If you don't have one, get one. You will not be disappointed.
UPDATE: Since my purchase of this in November 2010, this unit started on an LG 60 inch plasma, then to a Mitsubishi 73 inch dlp and now to a Sharp 80 inch led, and everything is still working flawlessly. Additionally, this unit makes it great when you buy a new TV, because the only connection I have to make is plug the tv in and swap the HDMI cable. If this unit fails, I wont hassle fixing it. I will just buy another one, because it is worth all of the extras it provides.
I liked my first on so well, I ordered another. The DVDO Edge Green seems to work as good as the Anchor Bay model, and maybe better, because the menu items that will not work with the display it is attached to, will be greyed out. I like that function. The automatic switching seems to work better on this model too. All in all, this is a great product that should also be sold in high end electronics stores and I do not know why it is not. If you are into high end stuff, this product is a must for perfection. I have this one connected to my new Sharp 80 inch LED TV, and I love the help it gives to the picture quality. Oh, by the way, I went to EBAY and bought another Original DVDO Remote for $32.00, because although adequate, the remote that comes with the Edge Green is horrible, slow, and must almost be in front of the Edge Green to work. If you buy one, I suggest you check EBAY for the original Anchor Bay DVDO Remote. It is worth the extra money. I also contacted DVDO and Ken Nguyen is still there and explained the greyed out menu areas, meaning if your display will not do deep color to 36 bit, this function will be greyed out so as to not up set the performance of the display. Their service is great too.
DaleThe features and functions of the DVDO Edge are excellent. I was even impressed by the universal remote that came with it. It worked flawlessly with my 56 inch Samsung DLP with inputs from my AT&T Uverse DVR, Samsung DVD player, and two Roku's (generation one and generation two). After nine months in this stable environment the HDMI inputs would fail after about five seconds to five minutes of viewing, complaining about "copy protection".
Support was competent. We agreed to send the unit in for repairs. When they got it in house, they couldn't reproduce the problem with their TVs and inputs. Then they sat on it for weeks. They return it to me when I complained about lack of progress.
The non-HDMI inputs work fine.
A great disappointment.
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After debating endlessly what to do with my aging laser collection I decided to indulge and I finally bought a supurb player, a barely used Elite CLD-97 I got from Ebay, and matched it to the DVDO Edge Green. I'm playing them on my five year old Panasonic 50 inch plasma. I am very pleased. The Edge is very easy to adjust, and I feel that the combination of the excellent player and the Edge is getting the most out of my laser discs. What tipped me in favor of the Edge is the 3d comb filter. If you decide to take a similar journey, I strongly recommend that you buy the laser version of Video Essentials. If you can manage to find the best the contrast (since the contrast advice is not applicable to a plasma), it will guide you to set the correct brightness, and as I learned from the instructions the two controls are related. The best settings for contrast and brightness are very different for laser discs than for their digital successors. The settings that I personally found look best with the Edge and my laser player are zero for brightness and minus 6 for contrast. Does it make sense to do this in view of the fact that probably DVDs and certainly BluRay discs are so much sharper? Probably not but it's still fun to enjoy these beautiful old discs to their best advantage. Good luck and enjoy.Save 12% Off
I got this for my new home theater in my apartment with a 60" Sharp Aquos TV and an Onkyo 7.1 channel surround sound system. The unit itself is nice and thin, and has a sleek design. It has decent connectivity, however, there are a few obvious shortcomings. The first is that there is only one analog audio input, even though there are component, composite, and S-Video inputs. What were they thinking? The next is that the DVDO EDGE GREEN doesn't have the front HDMI input like the original has, with only 5 HDMI inputs on the back. While 5 HDMI inputs it probably about 3 more than the average user needs, the average use isn't buying a DVDO EDGE GREEN. Because of the type of enthusiast who is buying something like this, this thing should have 4 analog audio inputs, and at least 8 HDMI inputs plus one on the front.In terms of actually using this, there are ups and downs. I haven't tried the automatic switching, but that is an option. Manually switching inputs is easy. However, configuring the device is easy but annoying. The menus look like something out of 1995, and while they are fairly easy to navigate, they are click-heavy in a Nokia sense, with a really cheesy remote to be click-heavy on. The unit also does not have an Ethernet port, so if you have to update the firmware, you have to get a laptop, and update it through USB. It's the only new device in my HT that doesn't update itself without plugging in more cabling and using a laptop, either through Ethernet, or in the case of the Comcast box, through the cable system.
The one major hitch that I have had with this is that it has a serious firmware bug so that it cannot support N64 or other older consoles that output in a 240p format. I have contacted DVDO about when they are going to fix this serious bug, but I haven't heard back yet. This is a pretty major flaw for a device that is marketed to up-convert SD sources, including gaming. If DVDO isn't going to fix this problem, I may end up having to re-cable some of my HT to connect the N64 directly to the TV.
Lastly, this device does help with upscaling, but it is not magic. It won't turn a crappy source into a good one, and that includes Comcast's over-compressed HD cable. It's the best on the market, but there's only so much you can do with low-quality (Comcast), or low-resolution (Wii) signals.
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