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Posted by Lloyd Parsons on 11/09/07 00:25
In article <yuOYi.8140$Cc.5865@trndny09>,
Derek Janssen <ejanss1@nospam.verizon.net> wrote:
> Lloyd Parsons wrote:
> >
> > As to the HDA2, it was a hell of a bargain. If you didn't buy one you
> > really care more about one format than you do about movies in Hidef.
> > $99 for a HDDVD player that also upscales SD better than most upscalers?
> > Heck of a deal. BD has no answer for that as they are in the "let's rip
> > the early adopters off some more" mode.
>
> Well, the answer, at least the one we've gotten from the neutrals that
> wanted a "cheap upscaler" is, that it's not a very GOOD upscaler.
> Edges, artifacts, everything that the neutrals have been complaining
> about with X-box upscaling, and without at least the decency of a few
> games once in a while.
> (And that's leaving aside the fact that most of those who bought their
> A2's backordered from Best Buy found out they'd be automatically
> replaced with the next A3's, which is...*really* going to make a few
> thousand Wal-Mart buyers happy.)
>
> Sony, meanwhile, has always been one hell of an upscaler (as I found out
> when I tried to get a progressive LG to replace my old standard Sony,
> and discovered it was a step down)--
> And given that the same Sony parts are in PS3's playback...no, wait, did
> I *actually* see you trying to do the 2006 pre-firmware "PS3 doesn't
> upscale SD" bit in public?
> No, c'mon, don't give me that look, admit it, that's what you thought
> that whole "No answer" thing was, you WERE, weren't you?
>
> (...HEY, GUYS!!! :-D
> <points>
> Guess who's still doing the old "PS3 doesn't upscale" bit!)
>
> Derek Janssen
> ejanss1@verizon.net
The HDA2 does a slightly better job at upscaling than does my S300. But
it is very slight.
And no, I know the PS3 will do upscaling.
If you are going to try to put words in my mouth, at least put the ones
I said there. Or feel free to show where I said what you claimed...
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