can the 360 upscale?

[gz52dl]

hi, sorry if its already been asked but i searched and could not come up with a suitable answer.

I have a samsung le32r73 TV and i have been watching my dvd through my samsung dvd player. i was looking to buy a samsung upsclaing dvd player that outputs to 720p but then someone said that my xbox already will do that? i do not have the hd dvd player for the 360. i have my 360 connected to my tv via component connection.

will be it worth buying a upscaler? or should i be watching dvds through my 360

thanks in advance

 

[crunchman]

Unfortunately premium and core consoles can only upscale DVDs over VGA.

No DVD players will be able to upscale over component because of some protection malarky.

 

[Desmo]

A quick search shows this...

VGA:

* HD DVD - 1080p resolution and all others
* DVD - Upscaled as high as 1080p resolution and all others
* Games - 720p games upscaled to 1080p, also supports native-1080p games in the future

Component:

* HD DVD - 1080i resolution maximum, limited by AACS
* DVD - Upscaled to 480p maximum, limited by CSS
* Games - 720p games upscaled to 1080p, also supports native-1080p games in the future

 

[mpn]

Not sure that's correct. I believe it will upscale over component, but VGA will go higher.

It is correct mate ...... 360 will onlu upscale via vga or hdmi...... will only output standard 480p over component.

 

[PRODIGY8]

the Elite upscales though

 

[Moogle]

the Elite upscales though

Yes when using VGA or HDMI as already mentioned.

 

[Desmo]

It is correct mate ...... 360 will onlu upscale via vga or hdmi...... will only output standard 480p over component.

Yep. I was thinking of something else, hence why I corrected my post
Surprised you managed to get the quote in in time

 

[Munkey Boy]

It is correct mate ...... 360 will onlu upscale via vga or hdmi...... will only output standard 480p over component.

576p to be pedantic as we're PAL.

 

[Blackbolt360]

576p to be pedantic as we're PAL.

That has no bearing on HD resolutions, Xbox 360 only displays DVDs at 480p via component, not 576i, thats RGB SCART.

 

[Munkey Boy]

My 360 plays DVDs at 576p via component, not 480p - my plasma flashes up a little info box to tell me every time!

 

[Indiana Jones]

No DVD players will be able to upscale over component because of some protection malarky.

Acually there are afew DVD players out there that will allow you to upscale over Component, my Helios for example.

 

[tapzilla2k]

Acually there are afew DVD players out there that will allow you to upscale over Component, my Helios for example.

My samsung dvd player also upscales over component, though that was more to do with Samsung making it easy to overcome the HDCP stuff with a remote control hack (i think they got into trouble for it).