Re: [Advert] - *Massive* clearout - please help me pay for my new AV amplifier!

["rb_ziggy" <rb.lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for that - It rather confirms my suspicions! Methinks I'll save
my money on a new DVD player.

Richard


--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Richard Malcolm-Smith"
<rich_lists@...> wrote:
>
> It only made sense with CRT screens where upconversion on the player
was
> there because the TV didnt have one. most 1080i capable tvs sold in
pal
> countries are 100Hz however, which means that the benifits are
reduced over
> what they get in ntsc countries where the tvs dont up convert.
>
> With a flat panel, it has to be native res to display it, and if you
take a
> dvd up to 1080i and send it to a flat panel, it has to deinterlace
that to
> display, so you end up with 2 deinterlaces done on it, which is not
pretty.
> And if the panel isnt a 720 line panel, then outputting 720p means
that
> there is 2 resizings happening, also not good.
>
> Any time you see people commenting that the blacks looked better on
the
> upconversion or something to do with colours, its a different
processing
> thats happening somewhere along the way, usually the upscalers tweek
the
> image to look a bit better to most people, but you can achieve that
with the
> brightness and contrast on the TV usually.
>
> The upconverting players I have used have done a really bad job on
video
> sourced dvds, which are what a bulk of mine are (music, not pron!!)
- And my
> 100hz tv isnt a hell of a lot better at not screwing things up either.
>
>   _____