@ zee944

No it does not mean I say sharpening and denoising can achieve the same results. For your information, the super resolution algorithm uses deblurring, not sharpening. There is a difference. You could have known this if you would have taken the time to read some of the scientific literature you dismiss. Again you offer nothing more than unsubstantiated opinions, and misrepresent what I have stated. If you would have taken the time to follow the link Laserdisc Master posted, you would have seen that there is nothing magical about super resolution, and that it's performance has been validated on a large number of real video samples. However, you seem to be interested only in throwing around baseless accusations. As I said put your money where your mouth is, and offer some real evidence, rather than hearsay.

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As far as your Twin Dragons example is concerned, some details are enhanced, others are removed. Is it improved? Definitely. How does it compare to super resolution? No idea, since you're comparing apples and oranges. You can't possibly expect anyone to form an opinion based on two samples from a totally different source.