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Posted by Lamey on 04/12/07 00:42
MassiveProng <MassiveProng@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in
news:mj1hv2dnn5cmnfdc41oceq3lu4d269cme7@4ax.com:
> On 14 Mar 2007 08:40:19 -0700, elrous0@pop.uky.edu Gave us:
>
>>On Mar 12, 7:04 am, jeffd1...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> My
>>> concern is that I will be forced to re-buy all of my DVD collection so
>>> that I can get a decent picture quality on HDTV TVs.
>>
>>I'm sorry, is someone forcing you to buy an HDTV? Because, if they
>>are, you should have them arrested.
>>
>>> I think this
>>> HDTV thing is a scam.
>>
>>There is no scam about it. I an HDTV and both the HD cable content and
>>HD-DVD discs look stunning (Blu-ray discs probably do too). HDTV's are
>>designed to play HD content. SD content looks rougher on most of them
>>because that is just not what they were designed to play.
>>
>>> the upscaling to a higher resolution from my DVDs
>>> will not distort the image too badly (I've been to a friend's house
>>> who has a 45" LCD, and normal DVDs still look pretty good).
>>
>>Upscaling cannot put resolution in that doesn't exist in the source
>>material. You take a VHS tape resolution, blow it up on a 50" screen,
>>and it's going to look like shit. No upscaler can fix that.
>>
>
> Or his brain. Some things just have no fix.
>
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