Posted by Bill McClain on 10/22/06 20:38

On 2006-10-21, George <steber@execpc.com> wrote:
> Just saw a 32 inch Westinghouse LCD TV, advertised on cableTV, with a
> built-in DVD player. They claimed that since it used patented bit for
> bit transfer from DVD to TV that they obtained 25% better resolution
> than stand alone DVD player.

> Anyone know the true story? No guesses or conjectures please. George

DVDs have 480 vertical lines of resolution, no more. HD displays and upscaling
players can scale this to higher resolutions (sometimes providing a very
impressive image) but the original is still only 480 lines. A built-in player
has no advantage over an external upscaling player, presuming the connection
is DVI/HDMI (or component where upscaling is allowed).

-Bill
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