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    Upconverting DVD software?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Wu Jen, Dec 13, 2007.

  1. Wu Jen

    Wu Jen Some old nobody

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    Is there such a thing? Can software upconvert a DVD to 1920x1080? or higher? Or is some kind of hardware needed? Would future video cards have this functionality or do they have it now? If such a beast does exist then could you please point me in its direction? Thank you very much. :D
     
    Wu Jen, Dec 13, 2007
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  2. Gintoki

    Gintoki Notebook Prophet

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    I'm pretty sure no, but i might be mistaken though. Future programs probably won't have this feature either, it's too hard to do AFAIK.
     
    Gintoki, Dec 14, 2007
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    Sparks Notebook Consultant

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    I was wondering this myself after looking at dvd to 1080i converters, I was curious if it would be possible to use my computer to do the same thing, Providing I have a ouput like DVI and my HD TV.
     
    Sparks, Dec 14, 2007
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  4. jin07

    jin07 Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    You kind of can. You could use media player classic with FFDShow. With that you technically can make the picture 1900 x 1080. The reason why I say kind of is that you're basically blowing up the picture. For what I've heard, you can get much better results with an actual up-converting DVD player. I used FFDShow to produce a 1280x720 picture and it looked slightly worse than my PS2's built in DVD player on my HDTV. Plus, it really stressed my system quite a bit running at that resolution. The laptop which I tested it on was the 8510p, so it's not that weak of a laptop. Also, your laptop already "up-converts" a picture to fit the resolution of your laptop screen. So yeah, I'd just get an up-converting DVD player if you want the picture to look better.
     
    jin07, Dec 14, 2007
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  5. olyteddy

    olyteddy Notebook Deity

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    Huh? What do you think happens when you play a DVD (720 X 480 resolution) on a laptop screen (1280 X 800 on mine) in 'Full Screen Mode'...Where do the extra pixels come from? (upconversion!!!) Why, even as I type, I'm watching an NTSC ABC broadcast at 1024 X 768 on my secondary monitor and my CPU usage is pretty much the same regardless what resolution I use. FWIW that's what any decent HDTV does too, so before you buy an 'upconverting' DVD player, read the manual and see how your HDTV handles lower res sources.
     
    olyteddy, Dec 15, 2007
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