Will I need to buy a digital tuner if I buy a blu ray player?

I was looking at the blu ray DVD players and noticed that some came with a digital tuner and some without. Will I have to buy it separate if it does not come with one or will my HDTV provide that?

I was comparing an LG blue ray player BD390 and a Sony Blue ray player BDP S560, out to the side listed under features was Digital tuner; The LG said yes and the Sony said no. Both were listed around 250$ I was wanting to know if I need this? Do I have this covered by having an HDTV? Why does a blue ray player need this? The reason I asked is to understand the digital tuner issue a little better. Thanks for your replies.

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I'm sure I could test this and find out, but I'm sure someone has a quick answer. If my assets are 720 X 576 I have heard that Encore re-sizing will create some quality issues. Would I be better off just editing this in Premiere Pro and Saving in the same 720 X 576 format, burning it to a 25 gb Blu-Ray disk in Encore and then playing it in my Blu-Ray player as is, or would this not work and the asset would have to be re-sized to 720 X 480?

zorrocbr wrote:
I'm sure I could test this and find out, but I'm sure someone has a quick answer. If my assets are 720 X 576 I have heard that Encore re-sizing will create some quality issues. Would I be better off just editing this in Premiere Pro and Saving in the same 720 X 576 format, burning it to a 25 gb Blu-Ray disk in Encore and then playing it in my Blu-Ray player as is, or would this not work and the asset would have to be re-sized to 720 X 480?
Hi.
A few things.
1 - PAL BluRay is frankly a mess. you cannot use 25p, only 50i and support is sporadic as it just is not in the BluRay specs.
2 - For universal BluRay, you must use either 60i, 30p or 24p for it to work on US/Japanese players.
3 - 720x576 is not BluRay spec - it is SD. Whilst you can use 720x576, it is not recommended as few players will cope with this.
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Hereisbrenda

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Because the screen size is on the small side. I'd just stick with your XBox for now, and buy a BD player when they come down some more. I have a 42" and I don't even have one.
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<http://www.mcetech.com/blu-ray/>

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MPEG-2 and H.264 should work, but who knows?
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siren wrote:
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*disclaimer* I am not now, nor have I ever been, an employee of Best Buy, Geek Squad, nor of any of their affiliate, parent, or subsidiary companies.

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