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getbigg21 · 02-03-2009, 06:35 PM

I have tons of AVI movies on my cpu that I want to watch on my HDTV. Thing is I don't want to hook the cpu up to the tv and I also want them upconverted from SD picture to HD picture. What would be the best way of acheiving this?

Beta Man · 02-03-2009, 06:45 PM

You can't "Make" SD material magically appear as HD.... upconverting doesn't work that way.

Your best bet is to connect the T.V. to the PC, although you don't want to ....

getbigg21 · 02-03-2009, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Beta Man

You can't "Make" SD material magically appear as HD.... upconverting doesn't work that way.

Your best bet is to connect the T.V. to the PC, although you don't want to ....

so there is nothing out there that i can purchase to hook up to my tv that i can use to upconvert the picture?

UFAlien · 02-03-2009, 07:21 PM

What resolution are the videos?

getbigg21 · 02-03-2009, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by UFAlien

What resolution are the videos?

they are just standard picture. like dvd quality

UFAlien · 02-03-2009, 07:23 PM

720x480 MPEG-2?

getbigg21 · 02-03-2009, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by UFAlien

720x480 MPEG-2?

if that is standard dvd quality then i guess so.

UFAlien · 02-03-2009, 07:26 PM

...did you rip them from DVDs?

getbigg21 · 02-04-2009, 01:11 AM

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Originally Posted by UFAlien

...did you rip them from DVDs?

yes i ripped them from dvd's

chriharr · 02-04-2009, 03:14 AM

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Originally Posted by getbigg21

yes i ripped them from dvd's

than he's already lost a ton of information, up converting

won't help much now.

getbigg21 · 02-04-2009, 05:38 AM

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Originally Posted by chriharr

than he's already lost a ton of information, up converting

won't help much now.

why would that be?

02-03-2009, 06:35 PM	#1
getbigg21 Member Member since:Sep 2008 Trading Score:14	Upconvert Question I have tons of AVI movies on my cpu that I want to watch on my HDTV. Thing is I don't want to hook the cpu up to the tv and I also want them upconverted from SD picture to HD picture. What would be the best way of acheiving this?

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02-03-2009, 06:45 PM	#2
Beta Man Moderator Top contributor Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Juuuuuuuust A Bit Outside.... Home Theater Gallery:4 Blu-ray collection:268 Blu-ray reviews: 18 Trading Score:25	You can't "Make" SD material magically appear as HD.... upconverting doesn't work that way. Your best bet is to connect the T.V. to the PC, although you don't want to ....

02-03-2009, 07:21 PM	#4
UFAlien Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Oct 2008 4K collection:127 Blu-ray collection:474 Blu-ray reviews: 14 Trading Score:29	What resolution are the videos?

02-03-2009, 07:23 PM	#6
UFAlien Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Oct 2008 4K collection:127 Blu-ray collection:474 Blu-ray reviews: 14 Trading Score:29	720x480 MPEG-2?

02-03-2009, 07:26 PM	#8
UFAlien Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Oct 2008 4K collection:127 Blu-ray collection:474 Blu-ray reviews: 14 Trading Score:29	...did you rip them from DVDs?

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