Originally posted by: Windexed
I have a dvd plaer that "upconverts" to a 50" DLP. While it may vary depending on the quality of the dvd player, from my own experience I think "upconversion" is a double-edged sword. It makes good transfers look better, but unfortunately makes bad ones look even worse.
Originally posted by: Guy Caballero
Here's a dumb question: Just got a plasma TV. Will having a dvd player with HDMI/"upconverting" make any difefrence in how these discs will look?
Here's a dumb question: Just got a plasma TV. Will having a dvd player with HDMI/"upconverting" make any difefrence in how these discs will look?
I have a dvd plaer that "upconverts" to a 50" DLP. While it may vary depending on the quality of the dvd player, from my own experience I think "upconversion" is a double-edged sword. It makes good transfers look better, but unfortunately makes bad ones look even worse.
Exactly. Upconverting is really only going to magnify what's already on the disc. If the disc looked great to begin with, it'll look great upconverted. If it looked awful, well, it'll still look awful when upconverted. I wouldn't wager this will look to hot upconverted if they haven't done any restoration.
On a regular 4x3 tube it should look fine. But, I think the widescreen HD crowd is screwed. After all, they're only "bonus material" :rolleyes
The biggest advantage of the HDMI connection is the fact that the siganl is kept purely in the digital domain, without the possible degeneration attendant to the digital-to-analog and back again conversion process when using analog cables.