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Posted by Alfred Kaufmann on 11/01/07 17:59
On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:57:37 -0000, Doug Jacobs
<djacobs@shell.rawbw.com> wrote:
>Alfred Kaufmann <al_kaufmann@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> How would you do that, it is not mentioned on the outside of the
>> package that the DVD prohibits upconversion?
>
>It's not the DVDs themselves - it's the dumbass player.
The dumbass player, a Toshiba HD-A2, tells me this "DVD Prohibits
Upconversion"
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>Some players that do upscaling, won't do it over the component video
>connection...which begs the question, why buy an upscaling DVD player at
>all if you don't have a HDMI-enabled TV?
It is connected to a Sony XBR via an HDMI cable. All the DVDs I have
tried so far were upconverted to 1080i withou a problem.
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>Even then, the HDTV has its own upscaler, so even if player only does 480p
>to the TV, the TV will upscale it to whatever its native resolution is.
It looked good despite the fact that the player would not upconvert
it.
Al
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