Posted by Derek Janssen on 10/31/07 02:57

Alfred Kaufmann wrote:
> I was going to sit on the side lines and wait for the cheapest high
> def player to win the battle and until then be happy purchasing plain
> DVDs and my Toshiba HD DVD player would upconvert to 1080i. Today I
> saw Spiderman 3 in the stores and they had the DVD and Blu-Ray DVD
> which I can't use. I bought the DVD and was going to settle in for
> the evening and enjoy the movie upconverted to 1080i. All of a sudden
> the player reported that this DVD does not allow upconversion and it
> will only allow me to watch it in 480p. I am tempted to package it up
> again and demand a refund! I know how these stores LOVE that.

....Bummer, huh? :)

I'd check on whether the DVD upconverts to 1080 on my Blu-ray PS3,
but...well, turns out I rented the Spiderman 3 on Blu anyway.

Derek Janssen (there's still time to defect)
ejanss1@verizon.net

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