Upconvert vs Bluray - Blu-ray Forum

hendra · 12-22-2008, 02:46 AM

I wonder if anyone has tried to play a DVD with a player that can upconvert to 1080p and compare that to the Blu-ray version of the same movie. Does the Blu-ray version looks much better than the upconvert one? How about the artifact? Wouldn't upconverting makes the artifact even worse? How about color reproduction?

Blu-ray Fanatic · 12-22-2008, 02:57 AM

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Originally Posted by hendra

I wonder if anyone has tried to play a DVD with a player that can upconvert to 1080p and compare that to the Blu-ray version of the same movie. Does the Blu-ray version looks much better than the upconvert one? How about the artifact? Wouldn't upconverting makes the artifact even worse? How about color reproduction?

I was watching dvds on upconverting dvd players for the past two months until I bought a new PS3 recently. It was actually a dvd recorder with hdmi. The pq did look pretty good when upconverted but the audio is just standard. It does its job but why settle for second best.

crazyBLUE · 12-22-2008, 03:04 AM

THERE IS A DIFFERENCE ! IMO : Upconverting will make A difference , but it's not going to be as good as A BLU-RAY DISC ! Both PQ & AQ !

Infrared Sight · 12-22-2008, 03:26 AM

No matter how good an upscale chip you have in a player, the fact is this: dvd will always have only 480 lines of resolution and blu-ray has 1080. No amount of great upscaling can produce a 480 image to look as great as a 1080 image if the transfers were done without fail from the studios. It can look 'good' but it will never look 'great'.

Midnightsailor · 12-22-2008, 04:42 AM

There is a huge difference. DVDs don't compare.

Meeklo · 12-22-2008, 04:58 AM

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...98#post1335698

Here's a thread with pictures to compare. I posted 3 pictures of a scene in Spider-Man 2. One on SD on a DVD play, one of a SD upconverted on a BD player, and 3rd one is a BD. You can easily see a difference.

hendra · 12-22-2008, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Meeklo

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...98#post1335698

Here's a thread with pictures to compare. I posted 3 pictures of a scene in Spider-Man 2. One on SD on a DVD play, one of a SD upconverted on a BD player, and 3rd one is a BD. You can easily see a difference.

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Originally Posted by Meeklo

Here's the Spider-Man 2 screenshots:

Standard DVD - On a PS2

Upconverted DVD

Blu-Ray

Thanks for the screenshot. The upconvert one looked superficial. BD is much better.

12-22-2008, 02:46 AM	#1
hendra Active Member Member since:Dec 2007	Upconvert vs Bluray I wonder if anyone has tried to play a DVD with a player that can upconvert to 1080p and compare that to the Blu-ray version of the same movie. Does the Blu-ray version looks much better than the upconvert one? How about the artifact? Wouldn't upconverting makes the artifact even worse? How about color reproduction?

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12-22-2008, 03:04 AM	#3
crazyBLUE Moderator Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Aug 2008 Location:Pacific Northwest Home Theater Gallery:89 Blu-ray collection:479 DVD collection:1 Blu-ray reviews: 38 Trading Score:30	THERE IS A DIFFERENCE ! IMO : Upconverting will make A difference , but it's not going to be as good as A BLU-RAY DISC ! Both PQ & AQ !

12-22-2008, 03:26 AM	#4
Infrared Sight Expert Member Member since:Feb 2008 Location:Southern Utah Home Theater Gallery:65 4K collection:26 Blu-ray collection:630 Trading Score:38	No matter how good an upscale chip you have in a player, the fact is this: dvd will always have only 480 lines of resolution and blu-ray has 1080. No amount of great upscaling can produce a 480 image to look as great as a 1080 image if the transfers were done without fail from the studios. It can look 'good' but it will never look 'great'.

12-22-2008, 04:42 AM	#5
Midnightsailor Special Member Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Los Angeles, CA Blu-ray collection:32 Blu-ray reviews:1	There is a huge difference. DVDs don't compare.

12-22-2008, 04:58 AM	#6
Meeklo Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Oct 2008 Home Theater Gallery:6 Blu-ray collection:687 DVD collection:3 Blu-ray reviews:28 Trading Score:25	https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...98#post1335698 Here's a thread with pictures to compare. I posted 3 pictures of a scene in Spider-Man 2. One on SD on a DVD play, one of a SD upconverted on a BD player, and 3rd one is a BD. You can easily see a difference.

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