Posted by AZ Nomad on 02/16/07 14:21

On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 07:47:30 -0500, Joshua Zyber <joshzyber@comcast.net> wrote:


>"Doug Jacobs" <djacobs@shell.rawbw.com> wrote in message
>news:12ta3a9ehl79t24@corp.supernews.com...
>> I'm just curious how much better the Oppo's scaling chip is compared
>> to
>> the one in my TV. So far, I can see small differences, but nothing
>> that's
>> as jaw-dropping as comparing a 480i to 720p or 1080i over cable.

>Upscaling does not add real picture detail. It just fills in the empty
>spaces between pixels with new pixels created by borrowing pieces of
>those found in the source. This has advantages over not upscaling, but
>you can't turn a Standard Definition source into true HD.


Not only that, but upscaling is done automatically in every current HDTV TV.
Doing it in the DVD player instead of the TV offers no improvement at all.

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