1080p Native resolution vs. Blu-ray/HD-DVD

[Hemlock]

I've read a lot on this Forum (great stuff) about letting the TV's do the upscale to their native res vs. having the players do the upscaling.

I realize that Blu-Ray/HD-DVD is not upscaled but I wonder what the difference will be when there are TV's with native 1080p rez. (if there aren't already.)

I gues the crux of my question is based around not wanting to throw down for a blu-ray/ HD DVD before the war is over, but maybe spend the Money on a better TV until Sony has officially shot it's self in the foot (yet again)

 

[MDS]

There are currently TVs with the full 1920 x 1080 resolution.

If you were to use an HD-DVD player capable of outputting 1080p the TV will just display it as it - nothing to scale because it already matches the native resolution.

If the player really outputs 1080i then the TV will have to deinterlace the 1080i to make it 1080p, but no scaling is involved.

 

[Hemlock]

ok,
I guess my (dumb) question is the difference between a DVD upscaled by a TV with 1080 native resolution versus an actual Blu-Ray HD-DVD.

this question may show my ignorance which is based SOLELY on the fact that I don;t have a job right now, not due to lack of interest or mental capacity

 

[jonnythan]

1080p content will certainly look much better on a 1080p TV than 480p content.

The difference will be quite significant.

 

[Hemlock]

1080p content will certainly look much better on a 1080p TV than 480p content.

The difference will be quite significant.

yeah, I knew it would be better, I guess I just wondered HOW MUCH better. I was blown away by the upscaled content when I saw it displayed on a 1080p TV. I don't know that I've ever seen a 1080 source shown on a 1080p TV.

a walk through the Big Box retailers tends to have the same shitty signal split 100 times across $40,000 worth of TV's. The salesmen spend a lot of time trying to tell people how much better it will look in their homes.

I wonder what % of consumers are actually getting decent signals out of their $2000 TV's

 

[Hemlock]

yikes.
I just realized there is a audiophyte forum, this probobly belongs there.

My apologies for cluttering up the place.

 

[jonnythan]

1080p will look *way* better. HD movies on HBO look way better on my 720p TV than upscaled DVDs from my Oppo do. 1080p will be better still.

 

[billy p]

1080p will look *way* better. HD movies on HBO look way better on my 720p TV than upscaled DVDs from my Oppo do. 1080p will be better still.

Agreed! But the oppo's do one hell of a good job, bridging the gap. So if the dv981 will improve the PQ on a 1080p native set, as does the 971 on a 720p using SD dvd's, then it would be one hell of an image.