How about, instead of "spelling it out", you post just one, simple link to a single player that does this. I'm still waiting...
"what I mean is all you're doing is spreading the original material out, thusly leaving gaps filled with the interpolated stuff. Therefore it will never sound as good as the original Prologic-II soundtrack."
Ironic, since my 5.1 mix is made by playing the PCM soundtrack through a simulated Pro-logic II decoder. :^O
" I think you're confused about how anamorphic widescreen works for DVDs. It doesn't add any additional lines, and the DVD player doesn't convert anything. It's the monitor that does that. Most players will downconvert anamorphic to regular letterbox or zoom in, but that's just adding black space, not adding or subtracting extra lines. Like multiple people have mentioned, you give us the model number(s), and we'll take your word on these magical anamorphic-converting players. "
Agreed on all counts. Playing an anamorphic DVD on a regular TV is the worst situation, because the player has to down-convert the 16x9 signal to 4x3. You lose resolution.
"ETA: Is the top pic your conversion, MeBeJedi? It looks pretty damn awesome."
The top is the AVI capture, the bottom is the MPEG. Baring any future significant improvements, that's pretty much what my DVD will look like. I'm doing a full capture today.
"before i go how the hell do you post a pic here ???"
When you hit the "reply" button, the next screen will have the buttons B I U
. The button is the "image" button (it looks like a picture.)