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  1. kizdan

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    #1 kizdan, Mar 24, 2006
  2. RacerX_GTO

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    #2 RacerX_GTO, Mar 24, 2006
    LOL, there will come a day when you hook up more than speakers and flatscreen to your entertainment center. There will be chair vibrators, scent machine, light control, air fans to bring a Disney-like experience to your living room. With that enhancement, I would imagine movies about firemen would not be to popular :D
     
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    #3 Tyler, Mar 24, 2006
    LMAO!

    Or war flicks.
     
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    #5 Mike328, Mar 24, 2006

    Yes, it absolutely can. High-def is used casually to refer to both aspect ratio (widescreen, like at the movies) and resolution. The best resolution you can get from Satellite or Comcast on the high-def channels (1080i) actually is higher (better) than what's found on DVDs. High-Def DVDs are large enough to handle the gigabytes of data that a higher-resolution transfer will take. I believe HD-DVDs will be 1080p, which is 1920 x 1080, progressive. Today's DVDs are 480p I believe, 720x480. That's a fraction of the resolution, a fraction of the pixels. The end result is an much sharper picture... When you see it, you'll immediately know.


    --Mike
     
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    #6 chitown dave, Mar 24, 2006
    Mike is 100% on this one DVDs are 480p. But there is a stop gap solution I found at Costco - an upconverting DVD player. I bought a Toshiba SD-K850 which upconverts to both 720p and 1080i with a press on a button. If you think your picture is good now with a standard progressive scan you'll really be impressed with this thing.

    I have a 62 inch Samsung DLP, a 43 inch Pioneer and 50 inch Phillips plasmas and it looks great on them. You need to test which format is best for each, I found the 720p for the DLP and 1080i for the plasmas seem to be best for my eyes. It also comes with an HDMI output and the cable (which are not cheap) which is the best way to hook up a player.

    Its also an unbelievably good buy at 80 bucks. I liked them so much I gave them out as presents - you will not be disappointed.
     
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    #7 chitown dave, Mar 24, 2006
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    #8 lionsfan54, Mar 25, 2006
    I checked out the Denon "upconverting" DVD player and the Onkyo progressive DVD player (no up converting). When I viewed them side by the side the results were surprising.

    The Denon looked much worse than the Onkyo. Skin tones were very "blocky" and uneven. While the Onkyo looked smooth.

    They were both in the $300 range and if I had just "bench raced" them I would have bought the Denon. Glad I bought the Onkyo though.

    My point is, Buy what makes your eyes happy. Not what has the most "features".
     

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