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    Playing on 1080p HDTV, does it upscale?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by terminus123, Feb 8, 2009.

  1. terminus123

    terminus123 Notebook Deity

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    If I'm playing Crysis at native 1280x800 on my laptop connected through HDMI to my 1080p HDTV, does the game automatically upscale to 1080p res?

    I know Xbox 360's 720p (1280x720) games upscale to 1080p.
     
    terminus123, Feb 8, 2009
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    rschauby Superfluously Redundant

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    No, they don't upscale. Your TV actually has a scaler and it scales them to fit your fixed pixel display. That isn't the same thing as upscaling. Your Xbox isn't upscaling either, it's just being scaled to fit your screen.
     
    rschauby, Feb 8, 2009
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  3. terminus123

    terminus123 Notebook Deity

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    but I remember hearing the Xbox 360 had some type of hardware in it that can upscale games and DVDs.

    By the way, what's the difference between scaling to fit a screen and "upscaling?"
     
    terminus123, Feb 8, 2009
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    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    Accurately guessing what the pixels should be vs making pixels bigger (more together) me thinks
     
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    upscaling is where it uses algorithm to fill in the missing pixels that's not there.
     
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    You know, you could just run it at 1900x1080 on your TV.
     
    Jlbrightbill, Feb 8, 2009
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    yea but it will lag really hard, and will i dont think any laptop can play crysis at 1920x1080 at good/optimal settings
     
    NBRUser0159099, Feb 8, 2009
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    I played FC2 with my laptop plugged to a 42" 1080p TV and was blown away even though the game resolution was only set to be at 1280x800. Don't worry, it will should look good at the resolution you are planning to use. That a little bit more than 720p(1280x720) so that considered HD anyway.
     
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    Cinner Notebook Evangelist

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    Depending on the TV, yes, your game will be upscaled. Because most modern TV's have upscalers build in.
     
    Cinner, Feb 9, 2009
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    tmaxxtim Notebook Evangelist

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    You explained it the best out of all the other replies. The TV is what is doing the upscaling to fill the screen.




    The upscaler you are referring to reading about is for DVD's becuase they are only 480P and the Xbox has to 'upscale' those to 1080P.
     
    tmaxxtim, Feb 9, 2009
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