negative1 said:
iRantanplan said:

Back to topic. Yes I'm aware that I'm able to basicly improve the DVDs with the help of the community. Actually I could do that only using google. But the point is I shouldn't have to do so, should I? For example I don't have a PC atm, my old one broke down. So for the moment I'm stuck with actual standalones and it's pretty annoying to switch cables and connections for every occasion. And the actual zoom function in my TV isn't really that great (I don't think there is any out there with a good scaler, really) and you can do much better with software scalers. All we're doing could at least have been done by Lucasarts themselves without too much efford. That's what makes me angry the most.

ok, i'm going slightly offtopic here, i was going to buy a new laptop, and new dvd

player -> oppo 983, that has SACD, DVD-A, and upscaling built in

http://www.oppodigital.com/dv983h/

it is supposed to have some of the best up-scaling chips/circuitry available in it, and

try it out on the star wars DVD's .....

Ah yes, my player upscales too. I have the Toshiba HD-EP10 which is actually a HD-DVD player and a very good one. The upscaling itself is also very good. But there is a difference between upscaling and zooming the picture. Upscaling simply means to convert the picture from 720*480 (or 852*480 for anamorphic DVDs) to 1080p/720p/whatever but not zooming into the picture. The player handles the letterboxed videos as it they were 4*3 DVD. The oppo will do the same.

I'm currently building a HTPC which eventually will be able to zoom even with HDMI connection. But this will require some assistance by software that violates the DMCA and will not be discussed here I guess. Honestly not my desired scenario. Well at least I can use VOBSub again I guess.