Mr. Putman took a look at DVDO’s VP30 video scaler, Optoma’s HD3000 video scaler, and OPPO’s DV-970H scaling DVD player.

I personally haven’t seen any of these things in action. Though I see the benefit of a scaler if it does a better or faster job than your TV can. It would have been nice to see the Anthem AVM50 or Statement D2 included in this comparison as well. Those are pre/pros that also do scaling.

Anyway, what about these three? What did Mr. Putman think? He liked the Optoma HD3000 and DVDO VP30, to state it simply. He says that either one “will do a fine job as part of a 720p-resolution home theater system, while the HD3000 is a better choice for a 1080p system”.

HDTVexpert — Product Review: Video Scalers