What does "Upscaling" mean?
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It electronically makes Standard Definition input look more like High Definition. Nice touch for an inexpensive player.
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I converts from regular DVD to "almost" High Definition, like HDTV. And, it does it quite well.
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Standard DVDs, widescreen version, display an image 720X480 pixels. High definition TVs can display an image up to 1080 tall. The player takes the standard version and "upscales" that image to the higher resolution. While it will not be as good as a truly HD souce, such as a Blu-Ray disc, the results are quite good, if you start with good source material.
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Hi Gary. I'm running two Sony blu-ray players to my Sony 4K 70". One has 4K upscaling, connected through a 4K upscaling Yamaha home media amp (model 1030) whereby I utilized two high priced Monster Black Premium HDMI cables. The other player is a few years older and does not have 4K upscaling. It is connected the same way with these Mediabridge cables and the difference is almost, if not entirely undetectable. I attribute any discrepancy, however minute, to the fact that it is a non-4K upscaling player. In fact, I just went through a whole stack of James Bond flicks on the older player. They are rated for 4K and you can trust these folks. They stand behind their product.
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Watch the "fine print" in the promo video - - 4K is only available if the display device (HDTV) can display 4K. If you have a 4K HDTV, the TV will upscale Blu ray (1080p), DVD (480i) and cable (720p & 1080i) to 4K. Also, upscaling cannot add detail to the source material that isn't there; upscaling is adding more pixels to source material to make it compatible to the fixed pixel of the display which requires its native resolution of either 720p (older HDTV), 1080p (HDTV from about 2008 & newer) and 4K (introduced now and future). So REGARDLESS of your source material, a 4K display device will upscale ANY compatible signal to 4K. A component like a Blu ray or AVR is used to upscale IF its upscale circuitry is better than the display device - Oppo Blu ray players are expensive because it has great DVD (480i) upscaling and options for audio enthusiasts.
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1/100 means its 1/100 the scale of the actual dimensionsNo, it does not come pre painted or detailed
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It is. You just can't tell because there is only so much that up-conversion can do. It isn't some magic wand that suddenly turns 480p into 1080p. All it does is enhance what is there, if there isn't enough there to be properly enhanced you wont see much difference.
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The description states, "1080p up-conversion to up-convert content recorded in the 480i/p or 720p format to 1080p." That means your regular old discs play, and it makes them look more like HD discs.
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Dear Peter, Thanks for your inquiry. Since there are no 4K or UHD discs available, the Blu-ray player itself does not upscale. There are however, many audio receivers that do upscaling and perhaps that is what you are asking. Hope that makes things clearer for you. Regards, Eric Cohen World Wide Stereo
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The 730 has an hdmi port, that's how it hooks up to your TV. Don't know about the difference in upscaling.
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Dear Lance,The UN65H8000 has 1080p upscaling but not 4K upscaling. 4K is higher resolution.Eric C
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Duplicating the screen means that you display the exact same picture on both monitors - this means that you can go only as high as the highest resolution on the lowest resolution monitor. The adapter has nothing to do with this.
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You usually have an option for streaming, on TV and movies there are SD and HD (720) and some HD (1080) streams to pick from, If your TV will upscale SD and HD (720) to 1080p your good to go.
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With my Panasonic plasmas (42" and 50"), which are 2006 and 2007 models, I have found the upscaling very good. In fact, it's hard to get around them, since these plasmas have native resolutions that no DVD player can match (expect for 1080p models). 720p on both 42" and 50" models is not quite true 720p (it's acutally 768p), so no matter what, the Panasonic will be doing some upscaling. As far as medium DVD players and DVD upscalers for around $100 and below, I have seen very little difference. Even compared to my 4 year old Sony 480p player. I would say HDMI provides a smidge better detail, but it's not dramatic by any means. I haven't tried the up-market upscalers (Oppo, Reon chip), so I can't comment on them, but I doubt the difference would be dramatic--the Panasonic just has to do too much upscaling on it's own, regardless of what signal you send to it... My brother says his 700U 1080p also has very little difference with new upscaling DVD players as opposed to his older 480p player, so it looks like Panasonic's upscaling chips on these TV's are indeed rather good...
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Yes, 640 "480" pixels and 1920 "1080" it is the resolution. The P or I is a little more complex but it means progressive or interlaced. Progressive gives the full frame every frame but interlaced with give horizontal frame and then the vertical frame back and forth. Progressive is much better than interlaced because it is capable of giving more full frames per second. Imagine 60 frames per second, you would get 30 horizontal frames and 30 vertical with interlaced. With progressive you would get all 60 vertical and horizontal at the same time, as the whole picture doesn't go back and forth. The end result is a more fluent picture with progressive. I'm not a pro or anything but this is my general understanding.
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No. This unit down converts and records in standard definition and then up converts the playback in HD. Seems counterproductive but my guess is this approach was chosen to put less demand on the hardware. The up conversion is very good and the quality is about 90% of true HD. I would estimate most people would not notice the slight loss of quality.
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The only place double the pixel definition is mentioned here: "DOUBLE THE DETAIL. This stunning picture is the reason you wanted HDTV in the first place. With almost double the pixel resolution, Full HD 1080p gives it superior picture quality over standard HDTV. You'll see details and colors like never before." Taken in context this means that 1080p is almost double than the "standard HDTV" of 720p. If you want more than 1080p, buy 4K Ultra HDTV.
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Correct, you will get a scaled image at the lower native resolution. Fine for most video, but it will definitely make pixel-perfect images like overlays and in-camera peaking blurry.
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No. This set can only go up scale. Meaning Nano to Mini or regular or Mini to regular. Not backward. You have to cut the card yourself. There are plenty of tutorials on the internet. You should be able to find how easily on Google. But if done incorrectly, you can also permanently damage it easily.