480p versus 1080p for dvd content. 480 will be better right in this scenario?

Question

dvd player with normal 480p content projected at a true 480p

versus

dvd player upscaling a regular dvd to 1080p projected at 1080p.

It seems these upscalers are not "adding" any content - just stretching the image.

I understand if you have a 1080p native displaying 480p will be choppy - just like trying to watch regular cable on an hd tv.

reason I ask is all myh content is 480p and I don't plan on updgrading it to 1080p for atleast 3 years

I don't think you guys don't understand that a dvd is a series of pictures made of 576x480 little colored dots. to upscale it to 1368x720 or higher. You need to add dots. There are no dots in the source, so your upscaling processor has to estimate what those dots would be on every frame. Just as you would increase the size of a digital photo, the higher the resolution, the more degraded it gets.

video games are different as they using numeric algorithms to create that picture why is why you can increase the resolution without out loss of detail.

Answer 1

You're right. These guys do not know what they are talking about. I know exactly what you are asking.

It sounds like we are talking about standard DVDs that are recorded in 480p.

A 480p DVD is going to look at best on a 480p TV. 1080p TVs or upconverting DVD players will create too much scaling and noise in the image. Scaling is bad regardless how good the scaler is. You want to always display the video at its native resolution.

Displaying 1080p content on a 480p TV will almost have similiar effect as the above situation. Downscaling will produce video artifacts as well.

Bottom line, a 480p TV will be the best than a 1080p TV. 1080p TV is only good if you are displaying 1080p content. Otherwise, a 1080p TV will make all other images look bad because of the scaling.

Answer 2

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480p versus 1080p for dvd content. 480 will be better right in this scenario?
dvd player with normal 480p content projected at a true 480p

versus

dvd player upscaling a regular dvd to 1080p projected at 1080p.

It seems these upscalers are not "adding" any content - just stretching the image.

I understand if you have a 1080p native displaying 480p will...

Answer 3

I think you have heard one too many myths about upscalers.

If you can watch a 480p DVD upscaled to 1080p using _any_ kind of decent upscaler, then you should. It will never look worse than watching it at 480p.

Saying that it'll just stretch the image and hence imply that it will look worse would be like suggesting playing Quake 1 on a modern day PC with a state-of-the-art graphics card and high res screen would somehow be worse than using a period PC to play it. Always use the latest hardware you can get ... as long as it's good quality.

Answer 4

Yes, there is no sense in inputing 1080p to a 480p projector. You won't see the benefit at all.

Well you are incorrect. The 1080p projector looks better (hehehe well depending on your projector maker-this is in reference to what I have seen such as the JVC, Epson projectors) when you have any source input to it. You're standard dvd looks good. The upconverting dvd players looks fine as well. HD DVD and Blu-ray looks awesome.

So you're answer is...1080p anything looks better (don't be fooled by manufacturers though, anybody can claim 1080p on their products...make sure you use your own judgement.).

Answer 5

Of course 480p will be better as the image will not have to be manipulated. HOWEVER, there is very little equipment (monitors and/or TV sets) that have a native resolution of 480. So if you have a DVD player outputting 480p to ANY HDTV, the image is already being upscaled to the native resolution of the unit.