The HDTV UpConverter

By Peter Rojas

Proving that you can't get something out of nothing, the Philadelphia Inquirer reviews the HDTV UpConverter, a little box from ADS Tech that is supposed to take standard definition broadcasts (aka regular TV) and convert them up to high-resolution HDTV, and discovers that the picture doesn't look all that much better. Sounds like the UpConverter amps up the brightness and contrast a little (and probably doubles the number of lines in the image signal), but if it isn't high-def in the first place, there isn't a whole lot you can do.

[Via Uprez]

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