Posted by Alfred Kaufmann on 10/31/07 13:37

On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:57:51 GMT, Derek Janssen
<ejanss1@nospam.verizon.net> wrote:

>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.

How would you do that, it is not mentioned on the outside of the
package that the DVD prohibits upconversion?

Al

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