Anyone actually seen a 1080p dvd

[EricHitchmo]

If so, what's it like? I'm thinking it must be amazing.

[Evil Engineer]

There's no such thing as a 1080p DVD.

I think you mean HD DVD or even Blu-ray at 1080p

By all accounts they should look pretty spectacular even shown at 1080i on a typical 768 line display.

Has anyone out there seen a disc shown at 1080p on a 1080p display yet?

Should be good.

[HighDeff]

Originally Posted by Evil Engineer

There's no such thing as a 1080p DVD.

I think you mean HD DVD or even Blu-ray at 1080p

By all accounts they should look pretty spectacular even shown at 1080i on a typical 768 line display.

Has anyone out there seen a disc shown at 1080p on a 1080p display yet?

Should be good.

My dear Evil Engineer, that´s not correct, there´s a lot of 1080P DVDs for sale, containing WMV-HD files.

Like this one.:
http://www.amazon.com/Coral-Adventur.../dp/B0000YED1S

[Evil Engineer]

My understanding that the WMV-HD discs were encoded at 720p so that they would fit on a DVD-9.

Besides the point is moot. There are only about 30 discs to choose from and the format is totally dead now that we have HD DVD/Blu-ray.

[HighDeff]

Originally Posted by Evil Engineer

My understanding that the WMV-HD discs were encoded at 720p so that they would fit on a DVD-9.

Besides the point is moot. There are only about 30 discs to choose from and the format is totally dead now that we have HD DVD/Blu-ray.

No the discs, like Coral Adventures are both 720p and 1080p. From the start-up screen, you select one of the two. I know because I have 10 or 15 of those.

[andymckay2001]

Yep, Have just seen the new Pana Blu-ray player in John Lewis Trafford, and got them to put Fantastic Four on the Tosh 1080p screen.

[StooMonster]

Originally Posted by Evil Engineer

Has anyone out there seen a disc shown at 1080p on a 1080p display yet?

Shown? Own!

My DVDO iScan VP50 deinterlaces 1080i to 1080p from Toshiba HD DVD player which looks awesome on my Pioneer PDP-5000EX (50-inch 1080p) plasma.

Sky HD, especially BBC HD, deinterlaced to 1080p looks PDG too.

StooMonster

[mo]

hi,
yes, i saw the panny blue hooked up to the all new 65px600 ,1080p panel.
considering that the panel was not perfectly set up , it was an excellent picture, even standard dvds were an improvement.
but the all important question is : is it worth the money ?

[Avi]

Originally Posted by EricHitchmo

If so, what's it like? I'm thinking it must be amazing.

Do you mean HD DVD or BD on a 1920x1080 native res display? I can certainly say that HD DVD look's stunning on 8' wide screen from a 1920x1080 PJ

AVI

[EricHitchmo]

Originally Posted by andymckay2001

Yep, Have just seen the new Pana Blu-ray player in John Lewis Trafford, and got them to put Fantastic Four on the Tosh 1080p screen.

and the result? How much was the player?

[andymckay2001]

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£1295 with free Fantastic 4 disc

[Avi]

Originally Posted by andymckay2001

£1295 with free Fantastic 4 disc

Crazy price For those that "just must have it" Movietyme have the region A version with 5 titles for £899 or just the player for £849. Who knows what region B is going get in the way of movies until PS3 launches.

I bought my HD DVD player for less than the difference between these prices !

AVI

[Rian1988]

Originally Posted by Avi

Crazy price

But you get a free copy of Fantastic Four!!!

[StooMonster]

Originally Posted by andymckay2001

Yep, Have just seen the new Pana Blu-ray player in John Lewis Trafford, and got them to put Fantastic Four on the Tosh 1080p screen.

If that's the Tosh "1080" plasmas they are not 1080p. These plasmas are ALiS and are in fact interlacing displays, and display 1920x1080i ... they cannot display 1080p.

What you need is a progressive 1920x1080 display.

StooMonster