Like I have said before, HD-DVD and BluRay really only matter vs a good upscaled DVD if you have a large enough TV and your viewing distance. You aren't going to notice much on a 23" screen from 6 feet away.
If anyone really wants to see the true difference between a 1080p and upscaled 480p image just download these pictures. The 1080p image is a true 1920x1080 per pixel grab from a 12MP digital image with a low compression save. I then scaled the image using Phtotshop CS3 to 480p and then scaled the image back to 1080p. The upscaling quality you get with Photoshop is a lot better than what you would have in most consumer level video players, so this can serve as the best possible example. I also saved a 480p to 720p image and a 1080p to 720p image to show what you could expect when playing BluRay or HD-DVD vs an upscaled DVD on a 720p set. If upscaling was truly just as good as a 1080p transfer then you shouldn't be able to notice many differences.
“The other one is a biggie, and it's something very noticeable in the videos: touch sensitivity is pretty bad. Using the virtual keyboard proved to be far too painful, and we're pretty sure it wasn't multitouch-friendly.”
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Like I have said before, HD-DVD and BluRay really only matter vs a good upscaled DVD if you have a large enough TV and your viewing distance. You aren't going to notice much on a 23" screen from 6 feet away.
If anyone really wants to see the true difference between a 1080p and upscaled 480p image just download these pictures. The 1080p image is a true 1920x1080 per pixel grab from a 12MP digital image with a low compression save. I then scaled the image using Phtotshop CS3 to 480p and then scaled the image back to 1080p. The upscaling quality you get with Photoshop is a lot better than what you would have in most consumer level video players, so this can serve as the best possible example. I also saved a 480p to 720p image and a 1080p to 720p image to show what you could expect when playing BluRay or HD-DVD vs an upscaled DVD on a 720p set. If upscaling was truly just as good as a 1080p transfer then you shouldn't be able to notice many differences.
http://www.studioadr.com/images/1080p.jpg
http://www.studioadr.com/images/480pTo1080p.jpg