http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/07/samsung-keeps-standard-dvds-in-the-battle-with-three-new-up-conv/ Engadget Comments for Samsung keeps standard DVDs in the battle with three new up-converters http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/07/samsung-keeps-standard-dvds-in-the-battle-with-three-new-up-conv/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/07/samsung-keeps-standard-dvds-in-the-battle-with-three-new-up-conv/
Just kidding. Way to piss on Sony's and Toshiba's parade.]]>Jan 7th 2007 5:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/07/samsung-keeps-standard-dvds-in-the-battle-with-three-new-up-conv/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/07/samsung-keeps-standard-dvds-in-the-battle-with-three-new-up-conv/Jan 7th 2007 5:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/07/samsung-keeps-standard-dvds-in-the-battle-with-three-new-up-conv/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/07/samsung-keeps-standard-dvds-in-the-battle-with-three-new-up-conv/Jan 7th 2007 6:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/07/samsung-keeps-standard-dvds-in-the-battle-with-three-new-up-conv/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/07/samsung-keeps-standard-dvds-in-the-battle-with-three-new-up-conv/Jan 7th 2007 6:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/07/samsung-keeps-standard-dvds-in-the-battle-with-three-new-up-conv/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/07/samsung-keeps-standard-dvds-in-the-battle-with-three-new-up-conv/
reason i ask is because my dad just got the family an LC HD Upconverter DVD player *1080i highest* n i do notice right away the resolution difference.......but........i thought DVDs were not made to go to HD resolution n isnt it suppose to give a picture that is near HD? Wouldnt this get HD-DVD n Blu-Ray out of business since that 1080p converters r being made n r cheaper plus cheaper DVD movies?

can anyone help clear this for me? Thanks.]]>Jan 7th 2007 8:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/07/samsung-keeps-standard-dvds-in-the-battle-with-three-new-up-conv/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/07/samsung-keeps-standard-dvds-in-the-battle-with-three-new-up-conv/Jan 7th 2007 9:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/07/samsung-keeps-standard-dvds-in-the-battle-with-three-new-up-conv/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/07/samsung-keeps-standard-dvds-in-the-battle-with-three-new-up-conv/
the LC HD Upconverter has HDMI too and we r using n HDMI cable from the machine to the HDTV.]]>Jan 7th 2007 8:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/07/samsung-keeps-standard-dvds-in-the-battle-with-three-new-up-conv/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/07/samsung-keeps-standard-dvds-in-the-battle-with-three-new-up-conv/Jan 7th 2007 8:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/07/samsung-keeps-standard-dvds-in-the-battle-with-three-new-up-conv/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/07/samsung-keeps-standard-dvds-in-the-battle-with-three-new-up-conv/Jan 8th 2007 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/07/samsung-keeps-standard-dvds-in-the-battle-with-three-new-up-conv/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/07/samsung-keeps-standard-dvds-in-the-battle-with-three-new-up-conv/Jan 7th 2007 10:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/07/samsung-keeps-standard-dvds-in-the-battle-with-three-new-up-conv/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/07/samsung-keeps-standard-dvds-in-the-battle-with-three-new-up-conv/
DVDs are only capable of displaying a image resolution of 720x480 pixels. Now this was amazing about 3-5 years ago, and they only look good on standard definition CRT TVs. This is because these older TVs dont have the capability of a resolution above 480p. When u put this same TV into a regular DVD player and watch it on a HDTV, it will look like pure crap. Now what upconverting DVD Players do is, upscale this 720x480 image to either a 1280x720 or 1920x1080 image. You must remember that its only upscaling the size of the image on an HDTV. The DVD format is not High Definition. No matter what you do, the video quality of a DVD is 1/6th the quality of an HD input.

So when u take ur regular Ricky Bobby DVD and use ur 1080i upscaler, u see the best possible picture attainable from a standard dvd on a HDTV. This is not the same as playing a HD DVD or BluRay disc on the same HDTV. ]]>Jan 8th 2007 1:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/07/samsung-keeps-standard-dvds-in-the-battle-with-three-new-up-conv/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/07/samsung-keeps-standard-dvds-in-the-battle-with-three-new-up-conv/Jan 7th 2007 11:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/07/samsung-keeps-standard-dvds-in-the-battle-with-three-new-up-conv/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/07/samsung-keeps-standard-dvds-in-the-battle-with-three-new-up-conv/
woops, i meant "When u put this same DVD..."]]>Jan 8th 2007 1:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/07/samsung-keeps-standard-dvds-in-the-battle-with-three-new-up-conv/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/07/samsung-keeps-standard-dvds-in-the-battle-with-three-new-up-conv/Jan 8th 2007 2:21AM