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Originally Posted by Prophet X
I'm a little confused as to what the different menu options do for PS3's DVD upscaling feature.
The options are "Normal" "Double Scale" and "Full Screen" and I'm a bit confused as to what exactly each option does, or how to get the best possible picture for my current video setup. Right now I have a Sony 3LCD 42-inch LCD projection TV hooked up with a Sony-brand HDMI cable in 1080i resolution. I've searched for some type of FAQ or instructions that go into detail about PS3's DVD upscaling feature and have had no luck.
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I may have this slightly wrong, but here is how I understand it.
Normal upscales the picture to the display you are using, but keeps the aspect ratio and will tack on black bars to fill out the rest of the resolution. (640x480 upscaled to 1080p will give 1440x1080 with black bars around the 1440)
Double Scale does what it sounds like, it doubles size in both directions (640x480 becomes 1280x960)
Full screen upscales the picture to the display you are using, including stretching it out as necessary to fill up the entire screen. (640x480 upscaled to 1080p will give the full 1920x1080, but will stretch the 1440 out to 1920)
Which one you want to use is very dependent on both what you want to see and what your TV can do for you. For example if the stretch doesn't bother you you may still want to use normal because your TV may do a better job of the stretch than the PS3 does.