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Do you consider an Upscaled DVD to be HD.. Yes? / No?
At this point I just want your first reaction to the question.
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erm no... cos its UP-scaled... 
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Originally Posted by mooperman  erm no... cos its UP-scaled... | UP to what?
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No, even though upscaled dvd's can be fairly decent they don't really get near proper HD quality.
The difference becomes even more apparent on bigger screen sizes.
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Upscaled to a Higher resolution. Its forcing a HD resolution, but the initial source is not a native HD resolution (like HDDVDS, BLURAYS), therefore the upscaled picture is not proper HD.
Its a higher definition (HD) yes, but not native HD
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Do you count 720p as HD?
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***never mind***
Getting out of this thread early, i can see exactly where this is going....
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Originally Posted by Pincho Paxton Do you count 720p as HD? | yes, because its a native HD resolution, but not a forced 720p which has been upscaled from a non-native source i.e./ SD-DVD
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Originally Posted by nitram100 yes, because its a native HD resolution, but not a forced 720p which has been upscaled from a non-native source i.e./ SD-DVD | When you say upscaled do you mean stretched, or mathematically enhanced?
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Originally Posted by Pincho Paxton When you say upscaled do you mean stretched, or mathematically enhanced? | Upscalers are mathematical transformers, for each output pixel they take a bunch of source pixels, weigh them by the nearness to the new pixel's location in the source, and combine them.
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All upscaled means in practice is that the DVD is approaching HD quality, i.e. it's a salesman's term. "Almost As good as HD".
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Thread moved as this is more to do with the disc rather than movies.
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Originally Posted by bosque All upscaled means in practice is that the DVD is approaching HD quality, i.e. it's a salesman's term. "Almost As good as HD". | Just to be clear...I'm not comparing it with Blu Ray.. just HD. I was just wondering if the Upscaled image gets close to 720p unique pixels during a 1080p Upscale. It's not that much of a step from 576, or whatever on a DVD.
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No to the question.
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