Holiday Shopping Tip – The Difference Between DVD Upscaling and True High Definition
Holiday Shopping Tip – The Difference Between DVD Upscaling and True High Definition Thursday November 29, 2007 If you are shopping for a DVD, Blu-ray, or HD-DVD player this holiday season, you may be confused by all the ADs proclaiming DVD players that offer “HD upscaling” vs the ADs for Blu-ray and HD-DVD players. Many consumers wrongly assume that a DVD player that is advertised as providing “1080p Upconversion” or “HD-compatible” is the basically the same as a Blu-ray or HD-DVD player. Although Upscaling DVD players do provide enhanced performance over that of standard DVD players, they do not provide the same performance as a Blu-ray or HD-DVD player. With the advent of HDTV, the development of DVD players to match the resolution capabilities of HDTV are becoming more common. Many DVD players are now equipped with “upscaling” capability to better match the performance the capabilities of the today’s HDTV’s.
