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Fu3lFr3nzy · 06-Oct-2007, 11:40

I see alot of these both on stores and online, but im confused about something. They always say in the description that its "a" dvd player that upconverts any dvd to 1080i. Ok, I got that, but the next part confuses me because most of them say "thru HDMI" or some just dont say it at all.

The part im confused is that these players have component outputs, so what happens if I use component cables? can the player still upscale the dvd to 1080i or its only possible thru HDMI?

The reason I ask is because I have one of those "old" HDTVs that dont have HDMI inputs and can only do 1080i (aside from 480i ofc) so HDMI is not an option for me

Geo · 06-Oct-2007, 15:53

I think that's a little too general a question. How about some specific make/models you're asking about?

Fu3lFr3nzy · 06-Oct-2007, 20:32

This one for example

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Delivers greatly enhanced performance by upconverting the resolution of standard DVDs to HDTV-compliant 720p, 1080i or 1080p (via HDMI output)

Zaphod · 06-Oct-2007, 20:51

Compliant DVD players aren't supposed to allow upscaling over a component connection (for some bizarre reason), so you won't find recent 'name brand' ones that do. Most that list upscaling over component as a feature disable it when playing back CSS-encrypted content.

However, some of the 'generic' ones ignore this and some players can enable it with remote tricks or firmware hacks.

06-Oct-2007, 11:40	#1
Fu3lFr3nzy Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: SoCal USA Posts: 843	Question about 1080i DVD Players I see alot of these both on stores and online, but im confused about something. They always say in the description that its "a" dvd player that upconverts any dvd to 1080i. Ok, I got that, but the next part confuses me because most of them say "thru HDMI" or some just dont say it at all. The part im confused is that these players have component outputs, so what happens if I use component cables? can the player still upscale the dvd to 1080i or its only possible thru HDMI? The reason I ask is because I have one of those "old" HDTVs that dont have HDMI inputs and can only do 1080i (aside from 480i ofc) so HDMI is not an option for me __________________ Nitrous is like a hot girl with STD's. You know you wanna hit it, but you're afraid of the consequences! - anonymous

06-Oct-2007, 15:53	#2
Geo Mostly Harmless Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Uffda-land Posts: 9,156	I think that's a little too general a question. How about some specific make/models you're asking about? __________________ "We'll thrash them --absolutely thrash them."--Richard Huddy on Larrabee "Our multi-decade old 3D graphics rendering architecture that's based on a rasterization approach is no longer scalable and suitable for the demands of the future." --Pat Gelsinger, Intel ". . .its taking us longer than we would have liked to get a [Crossfire game] profiling system out there" --Terry Makedon, ATI, July 2006 "Christ, this is Beyond3D; just get rid of any fker talking about patterned chihuahuas! Can the dog write GLSL? No. Then it can fk off." --Da Boss

06-Oct-2007, 20:51	#4
Zaphod Remember Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 2,031	Compliant DVD players aren't supposed to allow upscaling over a component connection (for some bizarre reason), so you won't find recent 'name brand' ones that do. Most that list upscaling over component as a feature disable it when playing back CSS-encrypted content. However, some of the 'generic' ones ignore this and some players can enable it with remote tricks or firmware hacks. Last edited by Zaphod; 06-Oct-2007 at 20:56.

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