Do your standard movies playing on your standard dvd player play in High Def if you have a high def tv?
2006-10-01 11:22:27 · 4 answers · asked by nyker 3 in Consumer Electronics ➔ TVs
also, for viewing dvd movies:
Drive with an HDMI cable.
What you need to buy is an 'up converting dvd player' a samsung dvd-hd850 is a good example. it will convert the ntsc,, 480i to 1080i and send it up the hdmi port to the hdtv. Set the DVD player to output 1080i. The DVD player can output 480i, 480p, 720p or 1080i,, set carefully and you should be impressed with the picture,, however,, the dvd's resolution is just 480i, unforunatly, even in wide screen. For a full HD picture the TV is capable of we must all go out and purchase the new hddvd or blueray players from sony and others. that will give you full hd picture,, but the cost is a little out of the ball opark right now,, about 500 for the hddvd brand and 1000 for the blueray,, same output but diff dvd formats. You also have to buy the dvd on hddvd or blueray format too,l won't work with the present dvd's, info just isn't there, wait awhile on these. C.
2006-10-01 21:52:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. However, if you have a Progressive Scan dvd player hooked up to your HDTV through the 'component' connection, then you WILL notice a big difference in the picture quality. Remember, if you're watching HD programming on an HD set and you can't notice a difference, then it's NOT connected correctly. :-)
2006-10-01 12:32:24 · answer #2 · answered by Army Of Machines (Wi-Semper-Fi)! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in case you feed a common def video to a HDTV - the HDTV will carry out a touch up-conversion so that you'll easily be gazing a video that 'fills' a 720 or 1080 area. in spite of the indisputable fact that it can't put in techniques that became lost at the same time as the video became switched over to conventional def. so that you will be gazing "up switched over" commonplace def.
2016-11-25 21:14:54 · answer #3 · answered by akien 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no...they still max out at around 480 pixels...you have to have a separate hd dvd player and dvd...although honestly...it is not that dramatic of a difference...to freak out and spend all that money on new systems unless you just have it to burn
2006-10-01 11:31:36 · answer #4 · answered by Holly F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋