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    Upconverting DVD programs

    so i did some searching on google and couldnt find anything, so im asking the rest of you to see if any of you know somthing google doesnt. what i want is to know if there is such a thing as a program that plays DVDs on your PC while upconverting them. any monitor out there these days larger than 17" can technically run 1080p, and i have a 32" HD TV as my monitor. so i dont see why they cant make a program that upconverts to somthing better than what DVDs are natively at.
    Here's Britney Spears' private jet... The gulf stream 3 doesn't even have a remote control for its surround sound DVD system. Still think downloading music for free isn't a big deal?

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    If you have your current display settings set to 1080p, then is the upconverting already done?

    I mean, you tell your video card to output a certain display resolution out the VGA port to the monitor, so if you're watching a DVD full screen when your display is already set to 1080p then isn't that in fact upconverting?

    I'm not sure, but that sounds right to me, somebody correct me if I'm wrong...

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    not really, not from what i understand upconverting to be. i keep hearing that "upconverting looks sooo good" 'n' stuff, but if thats all it did, then it wouldnt look better at all. its just upscaling. we all know what happens when you scale up a jpeg. it get distorted. if upconverting was just upscaling, then it would look worse and worse the larger the TV. im sure as hell am not going to go spend $100+ on another DVD player if thats all im wanting to see.
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    upconverting is only a little smarter than upscaling...

    DVDs only contain 480p worth of information, upconverting uses an interpolation formula to add info up to 1080p. Still, it's only an "estimate" of the info.

    You cannot get more than what you started with. Upconverting you are still not getting HD quality.

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    well, yeah, i know. i know a little about how it works, but what im looking for is a PC program that does that. i take it from the lack of responce from both google and ZP that one doesnt exist.
    Here's Britney Spears' private jet... The gulf stream 3 doesn't even have a remote control for its surround sound DVD system. Still think downloading music for free isn't a big deal?

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    People are easily fooled into thinking something is better because the guy at best buy told them it was, better. It shouldnt look any better at all. I would think it would look like crap




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    that may be true, but i have heard it from a few sources, and one guy said he did a side-by-side comparason.
    Here's Britney Spears' private jet... The gulf stream 3 doesn't even have a remote control for its surround sound DVD system. Still think downloading music for free isn't a big deal?

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