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Most of us geeks are gadget people, so this is a report from the trenches: Upsampling DVD and HDTVs. I have a 1080p 42" television. My old TV was getting old and the picture was fading, well, anyway, those are my excuses for buying one and I'm sticking to them :-) The HD TV channels looked awesome, but as you may know the standard DVD players look like crap. The "widescreen" DVDs need the TV to zoom to fill the screen, and it looks like you are watching it through wax paper. The "upsampling" DVDs do a better job of interpolating the image data from the disk using the interlaced images. It really does look great. Cleaner and crisper. It is not obvious that it is not really HD. The second thing to look at is the HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) cable. The HDMI cable is a complete rip-off and how business like BestBuy make money. They sell the HD devices dirt cheap and rape you on the cables. A 2M cable on the internet is between $5~$10 depending on where you buy it. A 2M HDMI cable at Best buy is a minimum of $60, and they'll try to sell you the "Monster Cable" for $120. So, buy the dirt cheap device at BestBuy (purchase on the internet and pick it up at the store cheaper), and buy the cable on-line for about $5 bucks. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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