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Re: Upconverting DVD players
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 5:06 am
by bitWISE
The HD DVD drive for the 360 can upconvert and although I don't have anything to compare it to, it seems to do an incredible job. Newer, high-end DVDs look nearly as nice as an ok HD DVD.
Re: Upconverting DVD players
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 6:57 am
by Geebs
tnf wrote:I was never planning on getting an HD player, and still am not planning on it, because I"m not really worried about upconverting other than being curious about how well it works. Even though they are only $150 or whatever. I'll spend 50 bucks or whatever on an SD player when I'm out next. I know audio and videophiles won't understand my ambivalence towards HD movies but I'd rather spend the other 100 bucks on something else at this point.
Heh, my personal rule of expensive AV equipment is that, by the time you can afford it, the presbyacusis has set in and you can't really appreciate it anyway
For the next year or so, the benefits of DVDs for compatibility, backing up, ability for one's mother to understand the format etc. still far outweigh eg. being able to see the individual pores in Gandalf's nutsack as he teabags Frodo.
Re: Upconverting DVD players
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 5:38 pm
by Grudge
indeed, that's why I got myself a $250 quality DVD player instead (which I also use for music)
Re: Upconverting DVD players
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 5:44 pm
by plained
lots of people liveing in the far past in this thread
i'm sorry in advance
Re: Upconverting DVD players
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 6:05 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
lol
Re: Upconverting DVD players
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 6:11 am
by Don Carlos
YGP - Whats your experience been?
Re: Upconverting DVD players
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 6:18 am
by Massive Quasars
+JuggerNaut+ wrote:lol
some people are satisfied with upconverted DVD quality
this troubles you
Re: Upconverting DVD players
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 6:44 am
by Don Carlos
When people pay for for a DVD player than what you can buy a HD DVD player you gotta chuckle?
Re: Upconverting DVD players
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 11:18 am
by +JuggerNaut+
Massive Quasars wrote:+JuggerNaut+ wrote:lol
some people are satisfied with upconverted DVD quality
this troubles you
you want to think so. i've not bought into either HD-DVD (duh) or Blu-Ray as of yet and currently upconvert DVD's myself.
Re: Upconverting DVD players
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 11:19 am
by +JuggerNaut+
Don Carlos wrote:When people pay for for a DVD player than what you can buy a HD DVD player you gotta chuckle?
Re: Upconverting DVD players
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 4:45 pm
by plained
[quote="+JuggerNaut
you want to think so. i've not bought into either HD-DVD (duh) or Blu-Ray as of yet and currently upconvert DVD's myself.[/quote]
wow ur tv must do a inferior job
Re: Upconverting DVD players
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 4:55 pm
by Doombrain
+JuggerNaut+ wrote:
you want to think so. i've not bought into either HD-DVD (duh) or Blu-Ray as of yet and currently upconvert DVD's myself.
Hold on a sec. You're not thinking your interpolated DVDs are the same as a HD media or anywhere near?
Re: Upconverting DVD players
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 4:56 pm
by plained
no he's saying his upconverting dvd player make a positive visual difference on his rig
olo
Re: Upconverting DVD players
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 5:27 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
Doombrain wrote:+JuggerNaut+ wrote:
you want to think so. i've not bought into either HD-DVD (duh) or Blu-Ray as of yet and currently upconvert DVD's myself.
Hold on a sec. You're not thinking your interpolated DVDs are the same as a HD media or anywhere near?
not even.
Re: Upconverting DVD players
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 5:27 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
plained wrote:[quote="+JuggerNaut
you want to think so. i've not bought into either HD-DVD (duh) or Blu-Ray as of yet and currently upconvert DVD's myself.
wow ur tv must do a inferior job
[/quote]
yes.
Re: Upconverting DVD players
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 5:30 pm
by plained
from what ive seen the up-players dont do very well iether
Re: Upconverting DVD players
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 5:34 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
most dvd's look better, but i never said as good as a hi def dvd, so not sure where you're going with this.
Re: Upconverting DVD players
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 5:38 pm
by plained
i already went man
i sayd from what ive seen, upconverting sd dvd useing a player , usually, to my eyes anyways, introduces way way more artifacts
Re: Upconverting DVD players
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 5:41 pm
by YourGrandpa
Don Carlos wrote:YGP - Whats your experience been?
I don't know, really. I hooked it up, tested to make sure it worked and turned it off. I still haven't done the firmware update either.
I'll spend some time with it this weekend and check back.
Re: Upconverting DVD players
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 5:47 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
plained wrote:i already went man
i sayd from what ive seen, upconverting sd dvd useing a player , usually, to my eyes anyways, introduces way way more artifacts
on some, yep. the faroujda dcdi does better than alot of others, although i don't use it for every dvd.
Re: Upconverting DVD players
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 6:15 pm
by Doombrain
+JuggerNaut+ wrote:
not even.
k, good
Re: Upconverting DVD players
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 6:48 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
yes, very.
Re: Upconverting DVD players
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 7:14 pm
by plained
actually no its not very !
Re: Upconverting DVD players
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 11:07 pm
by Massive Quasars
+JuggerNaut+ wrote:you want to think so. i've not bought into either HD-DVD (duh) or Blu-Ray as of yet and currently upconvert DVD's myself.
i'll let it slide this time
Re: Upconverting DVD players
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 11:17 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
that's hot