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Posted by Bill's News on 06/06/07 06:26
"Pete" <pete@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:f44scf023rh@enews1.newsguy.com...
> Lloyd Parsons wrote:
>> In article <f42jnr02q0e@enews5.newsguy.com>, "Pete"
>> <pete@nospam.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Will an upconverting dvd player, play an actual "high def"
>>> dvd like
>>> "Planet Earth", in true 1080i (Planet Earth was filmed in
>>> 1080i from
>>> the get go with high def cameras), or do upconverting dvd's
>>> only
>>> upscale lower definitions like 480i or 480p, etc.
>>>
>>> In other words does it accept a true original 1080i dvd, and
>>> just
>>> pass it on to the high def tv, without trying to upscale it
>>> (and the
>>> picture is true 1080i), or does it do something squirrelly.
>>>
>>> Thanks...Pete
>>
>> No.
>>
>> You need to get it in either BluRay or HDDVD and have the
>> appropriate
>> player to do that.
>>
>> If you put a HDDVD or BluRay disc in an upconverting player,
>> nothing
>> will play at all.
>
> Thanks Lloyd....But I am still confused about this. I have
> the Planet Earth discs and they play in my high def tv with my
> 480 p dvd player (but not crisp), and my regular tv which has
> a 480i dvd player hooked up to it. Does that mean that my
> planet earth discs are not HD even though though the whole
> series was photographed with high def cameras (I assumed they
> were HD, but I guess I was wrong). Do HDDVD's say they are
> high def right on the box somewhere, versus saying that they
> used high def photography to film the series. Are all dvds
> basically 480i if they do not specifically say they are "High
> Def ", or are there some that are 480 p.
>
> So do the upconverting dvd players take 480 i or 480 p discs
> only, and upscale them to 720 p, or 1080i or 1080 p. My high
> def tv plays up to 1080 i ( no 108O p). Are dvd players that
> play 480 p inherently called upscaling or upconverting, even
> though they are only going from 480 i to 480 p.
>
> Is the upscaling to 1080 i (on upconverting dvd players) just
> a bogus thing and the picture will not be near as good as true
> 1080 i which was broadcast in 1080 i. I was going to get one
> of the cheap upscalable dvd players (Magnavox sells one for 50
> bucks which includes an HDMI cable), just to see if it played
> the planet earth discs better. I am thinking the picture will
> not be near as good as true 1080 i, but I would think it would
> be better than the 480 p which I get now. Do you think it is
> worth try. I will never buy HDDVD's, but I assume the video
> stores will start stocking them more and for renting, but
> still keep the 480 i's.
>
> Please give me your thoughts on buying a cheap upconvering dvd
> player, and how good will the picture be if it upscales to
> 1080 i (compared to a true 1080 i broadcast).
>
> Thanks...Pete
>
I've seen the U.S. HDTV cable version of this series -
incredible. And, from what I understand, that's only half as
good as BR or HDDVD. I also happen to have the BBC series on
DVD - still mind-blowing, though the sharp edges and 3D-ness of
many shots are not there, once you've seen it in HD.
My upscaling DVD player is a PC which outputs 1080p to a 42"
1080p monitor attached via DVI. I've had an OPPO, this is
better. If I'd not seen the series in HD, it would be among
the, or the very, best of all the digital video I've seen. Yet,
once HD enters the contest there is no contest.
When the dust settles on the foolish media battle, this series
will be the first thing I purchase for my new player - whatever
it may be;-0)
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