I know 480p is a VERY small fraction of the 4K resolution, but how do DVDs upscale to 4K? After all many movies probably won't get anything past a DVD
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i think you need to buy a bluray upscaler like oppo bd 103 or bd 105 to upscale your dvd
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The final upconversion from the DVD output resolution to the TV display resolution (4K in this case) will be performed by the TV. If you connect to the TV using HDMI, there is a negotiation of capabilities where the receiver (TV) tells the sender (DVD player) what formats it understands and the sender chooses the 'best' (usually highest mutually supported resolution) format to use. Typically, the DVD player will deinterlace to generate a progressive output and upconvert (scale) to 1280x720P or 1920x1080P. If you connect on YPbPr (component) instead of HDMI, then there is no exchange of capabilities between the source and the display. For this case, the DVD player will have a menu where the user can specify the output format. The TV will auto-detect this format and perform the appropriate conversion (scaling, de-interlacing, and performing color space conversion, as necessary) to 4K.
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You can if your DVD has composite video output or HDMI output. Most DVD's are not 1080p, though.
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Apparently its a format issue. Any disc with BD-Java encoding will not resume. I like the higher res of bluray but hate pretty much everything else about the format. It is not consumer friendly in the least.
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It could also be the DVD. If it is not a DVD mastered in high definition (this is different from an HD-DVD or blu-ray), you won't see much a difference. Usually the back of the DVD box will tell you if it was mastered in hi-def.
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Yes. I have been watching both native 4K and 1080p upscaled to 4K and although I can tell the difference, I am still very impressed with the up conversion.
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Jesse,This player will upscale movies to 4K quality. There are no actual 4k Bluray discs yet.Eric C
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The software does have hardware support so upscaling is pretty good. However,DVD MPEG decoder with upscaling has been freely available for sometime in codec packs and is a feature of VLC. I wouldn't spend money on this product or any DVD playback software if you weren't planning on watching Blurays.
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If a disc is not formatted for widescreen(16:9), it will only show whatever format is on the disc. Does your TV have the ability to stretch or zoom the picture? If so, just do that.
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Thank you for your question. No matter the format that is being up-converted, up-conversion only works to a degree. It can't make programming not shot in 4K look as clean as true 4K material. It will do something to slightly improve the quality but it can't perform magic to programming not produced in the format. Thanks again very much.
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Quality of the DVD is lot lower compared to HD programing either off the air or via cable or satelite. Average DVD provide 480 p in terms of the resolution. HD braod cast are either in 720 p or 1080i depending on the broadcast. If you really want to see a difference in your TV resolution you need to get an either HD dvd player or Blueray DVD player that is caperble of playing dvd's at higher resolution. HDMI cable is not going to be solution to increasing of the resolution however you will receive the both video and audio in digital format. There are DVD players with "upconversion" offering resolution to 720p with a little better picture . Still original content is geard for 480 resolution. Welcome to the world of confusing DVD, TV, HD formats. Pri
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What about SD-DVD up-conversion? I have a Denon DVD-3910 and a PS3. The PS3 upscales DVDs better than the 3910; in some cases, a lot better. Is the Oppo better than the PS3 in this regard?
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Upscaling and upconverting are used interchangeably though I'm sure the definitions my technically be different. As far as DVD's are concerned, neither do anything to the sound quality and applies to video quality as far as I know. The "up convert" capabilities of the Samsung DVD-C500 results in an excellent 1080p resolution. It still isn't true HD! No DVD upscale (or up converting) player will ever result a true HD picture, but this unit produces video of fantastic quality via HDMI in my opinion.
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I am thinking about buying this for my mom. It would be connected to a 40" RCA HDTV via HDMI. As far as settings, just make sure it's scaling to 1080p and not 1080i. You might also want to try 720p just to see if it's actually changing. Keep your TV set to "Full" or "No Overscan" to make sure it's not zooming in at all which makes even Blu-Ray look bad! As far as the DVD-Video quality, keep in mind it's still going to be 480p (480x720 for NTSC standard) and your display is 1920x1080 which means there is quite a bit of stretching to get it to fill the screen. Also, it really depends on the source DVD you are displaying. Try something that has true 16:9 anamorphic output, and is one of the better transfers available. I suggest trying a Pixar movie (Toy Story 2, Monsters Inc, are both excellent) Corpse Bride, and Star Wars I-VI. If you are playing a DVD Video upscaled that isn't in 16:9 format (usually called FULL SCREEN or FULL FRAME) then keep your RCA TV set to No Overscan. Good luck!
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Just like digital zoom, it can create more pixels, but it will not be a higher resolution picture. It cannot add detail to the picture that isn't already there. If you want high resolution, you have to start with an HD signal from cable or a Blu-Ray disc. You can't make Blu-Ray from an ordinary DVD - technically you could but the picture quality would still be DVD. It is a total waste of disc space.
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You may be correct, be that as it may, Criterion has high quality transfer and I did state that "with copy protection or ANY original ones". Maybe my back-up dvds are compressed in a different way, I'm not sure, but when I run it in the Oppo, it doesn't look any different, actually, sometimes, some back-up dvds looked worst(because of artifacts) than when I play them in a regular 480p player. One thing I noticed, on the Oppo, if the disc transfer is imperfect, then you will see the imperfections. Oh, I did read the specs, it does say that it will play +R, -R dvds, DIVX, (almost anything..)but doesn't necessarily say "Upconvert". You may be correct, be that as it may, Criterion has high quality transfer and I did state that "with copy protection or ANY original ones". Maybe my back-up dvds are compressed in a different way, I'm not sure, but when I run it in the Oppo, it doesn't look any different, actually, sometimes, some back-up dvds looked worst(because of artifacts) than when I play them in a regular 480p player. One thing I noticed, on the Oppo, if the disc transfer is imperfect, then you will see the imperfections. Oh, I did read the specs, it does say that it will play +R, -R dvds,... » Read More You may be correct, be that as it may, Criterion has high quality transfer and I did state that "with copy protection or ANY original ones". Maybe my back-up dvds are compressed in a different way, I'm not sure, but when I run it in the Oppo, it doesn't look any different, actually, sometimes, some back-up dvds looked worst(because of artifacts) than when I play them in a regular 480p player. One thing I noticed, on the Oppo, if the disc transfer is imperfect, then you will see the imperfections. Oh, I did read the specs, it does say that it will play +R, -R dvds, DIVX, (almost anything..)but doesn't necessarily say "Upconvert". « Show Less
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Couple questions:-Did the smaller files you converted play on the Latte?-What software are you using to do the conversions?-I know bluray movies come with digital versions, but I've not heard of this on DVD's. I have no idea if they copy-protected it from being reconverted somehow, wouldn't make any sense, but then again, most of the stuff they do doesn't make sense. It sounds like it's probably copy-protection, but I can't say for sure. Is the picture scrambled on the computer, before loading it onto the Latte?
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Thanks Victor for the info. i am trying to burn the 1080p content onto DVD-R to see if PS3 can play. It turns out it does see the files and plays them but the audio is choppy. i tried cooying the file directly onto the PS3 Harddrive, even then the audio is choppy...the video is playing well though. any thoughts on how to make the audio better ?