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Originally posted by MRSMITH
Better yet, most people's
eyes will not be able to discern the difference
between upcons to 720p/1080i and genuine
H/D DVDs. And what does that mean? No need
to go out and re-buy, all over again, your current
stash of DVDs. What a disappointment for
Jack Valenti and the MPAA!
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Hopefully this player will do a
good upconversion. It would be interesting to see how an upconverted current DVD would look compared to a newly mastered HD-DVD, mastered from a HD source.
We can use the T2:EE as a discussion point on this. The T2:EE non-HD video transfer was
re-mastered from an HD source and most, if not all, of the edge enhancement has been removed, apparently, and people can notice a difference between the T2:EE and the T2:UE releases TODAY, on their current equipment. Not everyone can see differences, but there are those who can. I don't have my T2:EE copy yet so I don't know which camp I'm in yet.
Now, I wonder how T2:EE upconverted to 720p by this player would look compared to the T2:EE HD video (provided they could both be displayed on the same display). I also wonder how if HD-DVD will support 1080p, which I've read some grumblings about, which would be better than 720p.
This new player is GREAT news, but I think it's still too early to tell how it will perform and if it can be considered a "savior" machine or not.
Peace...