This article is simplistic at best. First off, MOST HDTVs today CAN display a 1:1 pixel ratio at either 720p or 1080p. The double scaling is old news.
That said, using a OPPO DVD player to upconvert to 720p on a 2nd gen 37 inch Vizio (or Westinghouse) is a good idea because the chip in the OPPO is superior to the chip in the Vizio and it will play out at native 1:1 720p.
All to the good!
What makes no sense (and I've seen this done) is upconverting a DVD to 1080i and then letting the TV do a downsqueeze back down to fit the display. This ends up being the worst of both worlds. Artifacts introduced in the upconvert are then used as picture elements in the downconvert. Whoops.
For those with a better chip in the TV, the lossless digital signal traveling at 480i or 480p over HDMI will give the TV's chip a better (and lossless) signal to work with.
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This article is simplistic at best. First off, MOST HDTVs today CAN display a 1:1 pixel ratio at either 720p or 1080p. The double scaling is old news.
That said, using a OPPO DVD player to upconvert to 720p on a 2nd gen 37 inch Vizio (or Westinghouse) is a good idea because the chip in the OPPO is superior to the chip in the Vizio and it will play out at native 1:1 720p.
All to the good!
What makes no sense (and I've seen this done) is upconverting a DVD to 1080i and then letting the TV do a downsqueeze back down to fit the display. This ends up being the worst of both worlds. Artifacts introduced in the upconvert are then used as picture elements in the downconvert. Whoops.
For those with a better chip in the TV, the lossless digital signal traveling at 480i or 480p over HDMI will give the TV's chip a better (and lossless) signal to work with.