iRantanplan said:
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.

i agree, that the HTPC is the way to go, i currently have PC hooked up my widescreen,

but it can only do 720p/1080i resolutions...and not 1080p, like i can see on my smaller

monitor..... but the convenience is well worth it for zooming/scaling, etc..

later

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