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DVD to Hi Def using software

  • 01-08-2007 5:23pm
    #1
    Conor108
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,871 ✭✭✭


    Hey, if I play a regular DVD on a PC connected to a HDTV via a HDMI cable on the graphics card, is there some software that will allow me to upconvert the DVD like on some new players?


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  • #2
    8T8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,757 ✭✭✭8T8


    No need the DVD player software is already scaling it when you play it full screen.

    All up-conversion DVD players do is take the signal and scale it one of the two HD resolutions 1280x720 or 1920x1080.


  • #3
    mossym
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 8,766 Mod ✭✭✭✭mossym


    and even if you feed a normal dvd to your hdtv un standard format, your tv will upscale it anyway...these upconverting dvds are only any good if they do a bett job of upconverting than your tv does itself..which, given the amount most people spend on dvd players, they'd be better of letting the tv do it


  • #4
    spockety
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 5,491 Mod ✭✭✭✭spockety


    Actually the biggest advantage about 'upscaling' dvd players is that they have HDMI output on them, so you're using a lossless digital signal from your DVD player to your TV, rather than an analogue signal. That alone makes them worth buying.


  • #5
    mossym
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 8,766 Mod ✭✭✭✭mossym


    there are tons of dvd players out there with dvi/hdmi out that don't do upscaling. that's not a valid arguement


  • #6
    spockety
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 5,491 Mod ✭✭✭✭spockety


    Yes it is.


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  • #7
    mossym
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 8,766 Mod ✭✭✭✭mossym


    ?? how can a feature on one player be an advantage if the other player has the same feature?

    maybe i'm reading your post wrong, but my point is people buy these upscaling dvd payers thinking it will improve their picture. they don't realise their tv is upscaling everyhting anyway that comes in unnder it's native resolution. and i'd bet in 99t% of cases that the scaler in the tv is far superior to the one in the sub 100 euro dvd players that most people buy. i won't argue on the digital being better..totally agree, but saying upscaling dvd players are worth buying for their hdmi connection makes no sense...what about a non upscaling dvd player that has better internal components than your upscaling one, but still has dvi/hmi out? you still end up with a picture at the native resolution of your tv..but one has gone thgouh better components. is the upscaling one still better?


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