Re: HD-DVD




CJ wrote:
> "Joshua Zyber" <jzyber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > "CJ" <chrisj@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >> With HD-DVD, are your existing DVD's obsolete? Or do they play normal
> >> DVD's, but just uses an HD signal?
> >
> > Just like your DVD player will play CDs, an HD-DVD player will play DVDs
> > (and CDs as well).
>
> I hope you are right...I'd be sick knowing that my current collection is
> obsolete.
> Honestly though, I can't see how they can improve on it...I was watching JFK
> and thinking, how can it get any better. I actually feel that DVD is a
> better picture than the HD channels I get from my cable company.
>
> Know anything about upconverters? Are they worth the money?

what size and type of tv do you have? On my 50" Samsung DLP 720p set,
DVDs look ok, but the limitation is VERY noticeable and this on a Oppo
DVD player which uses teh Faroudja DCDi chip to upconvert to 720p and
DVI out.

Even on my 32" Wega and Sony 7000, artifacting and especially
edge-enhancements are easily visible.

I knew ALOT of people who said they couldn't see much of a difference
b/w VHS and DVD when DVDs first came out, but after watching DVDs for a
while, they then very much noticed the difference when they tried to
watch VHS agin. This will likely be true with a 1080p source in the
future.

Although, I'll agree with most people who've poasted on the topic that
I don't see a glaring call for HD-DVD not BluRay and the format war is
going to set it back. I'm normally an early adopter but this one is
one i'm sitting out.

-goro-

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