Posted by Gareth Halfacree on 01/10/31 11:34

Jos Adriani wrote:
> Just bought the LG DV9800H dvd-player with HDMI-out. Even on the highest
> resolution (1080i) the picture on my (rather expensive) Philips 32PF9830
> lcd-tv is no better then with an analog RGB connexion.

It won't be. All DVDs are fixed at a far lower resolution than even
720p high-definition material. This is a restriction of the DVD format
itself, not the player. What the DVD player will do is 'upscale' the
picture to a higher resolution before sending it to the TV. Almost
without fail, this will look *lower* quality than just sending the TV
the footage as it appears on the disc and allowing it to do the
upscaling itself, especially in the case of a cheap DVD player connected
to an expensive TV.

There is absolutely no advantage to having HDMI-out on a standard DVD
player - except, possibly, where you have nothing but an HDMI-in spare
on your TV or projector.

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Gareth Halfacree
http://gareth.halfacree.co.uk

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