Posted by Gunther Gloop on 10/12/06 21:38

POD {ҿ�} wrote:
> Milk and cookies kept you awake, huh? Let's discuss this, you better
> come up "Dragon" <davewhitnospam@blueyonder.co.uk>.
>
>> Could some one tell me the difference between HD ANd hdmi Players, I
>> bought a HDMI player with HDMI leads for really cheap but hd players
>> are mega bucks so what is the difference.
>>
>
> A DVD player with a HDMI output will probably have the ability to
> upscale a DVD from 576 (480) lines to either 720 or 1080 lines of
> data, but this extra data is bogus and is extrapolated from the
> original material, so it can't really look any better.
>

Au contraire -besides upscaling, there is also progressive scan to be
enjoyed (which _is_ available through component of course, but that's not
the issue).

But upscaling itself also improves the picture -my own eyes _clearly_ proves
this to me everytime I switch on the dvd player.

-Kevin.



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