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wait, thats not what it means at all. ]]>May 30th 2008 3:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/May 30th 2008 4:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/May 30th 2008 4:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/
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come on now - lets act grown up.

Yes im bigger ]]>May 30th 2008 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/May 30th 2008 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/
It's a totally different story if you have a cutting-edge display. Upscaling players with the best DVDs won't hold a candle to the best from hi-def (blu-ray, HD DVD, HTPC, blah blah blah) sources. There is a huge difference with clean hi-def sources... but only if your display is capable of it.

As for this new Toshiba product, I don't see the point. There is only so much you can do with interpolation of an SD source.]]>May 30th 2008 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/May 30th 2008 8:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/May 30th 2008 3:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/
(Uh oh, now I deserve a low rating for my lame joke, but I can't stop myself hitting add)
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Use normal DVDs and upconvert them to... oh wait....

there's only but sooo much you can pull from a 480P source!!!

and yes this will make them enough money to forget about HD-DVD... NOT!.

Now if they had done this ebfore... it would make mroe sense]]>May 30th 2008 3:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/
Well done sir....very nice NOT! joke. Bravo.]]>May 30th 2008 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/May 31st 2008 4:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/
Download is going to win here, people are moving away from all physical formats (photos, cd's, books, .... movies), you get it.


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You just hit it on the head on why your comment is wrong. The amount of people that have, or even have access to fast enough internet for downloads to seriously hurt optical media is way to low in the US.
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And I don't think that will be happening in the next few years. This is the same story in soo many other countries as well. So, everyone who is saying that physical media will be replaced within the next 10 years is sadly mistaken.]]>May 30th 2008 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/
You mean sorta how no one has an HDTV yet??

Number of households with HDTVs: 25%
Number of households with broadband: 47%

Broadband is being adopted at a much faster rate overall than HDTVs, wired & wireless. And I don't even wanna get into how Blu-ray is doing on that scale.]]>May 30th 2008 8:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/
The broadband percentage that you're using is also based off of 256kb/s being considered broadband. I'm sure the stellar performance that you'd get trying to download/stream movies on a connection like that would completely win people over and show them why that solution is so much better than using a disc.]]>Jun 2nd 2008 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/http://compression.ru/video/super_resolution/super_resolution_en.html than color me impressed. If the price is right, I could see this selling very well.

Adam]]>May 30th 2008 3:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/May 30th 2008 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/
And how can you and your family not see the difference in HD? Unless you guys are watching your movies on a 26" Vizio, the only way you wouldn't be able to tell the difference is if it's hooked up incorrectly. Wrong cables, wrong settings, not actual HD content, etc.]]>May 30th 2008 4:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/May 30th 2008 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/
I have a 27" 1080i CRT HDVD. You can see the difference on my setup, but it's like a 10% improvement in quality with the Blu-Ray.

My brother got a nice 42" 1080p LCD, and I took my PS3 over to show him some content while he waited for his HD satellite install. On that set, the Blu-Ray looked much better, because you could see all the detail, while the DVD looked much worse because you could see all the artifacts.]]>May 30th 2008 4:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/May 30th 2008 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/May 30th 2008 10:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/Jun 3rd 2008 3:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/May 30th 2008 3:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/
I guess we'll all marvel at how this new player really SUC's.]]>May 30th 2008 3:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/May 30th 2008 5:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/May 30th 2008 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/May 30th 2008 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/May 30th 2008 3:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/
Take a look at 120Hz TVs. For 24fps video they do a damn good job at recreating those extra 4 pictures between each pair of recorded frames.]]>May 30th 2008 3:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/
http://compression.ru/video/super_resolution/super_resolution_en.html]]>May 30th 2008 4:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/

But I have been wrong before. There was that time in '95... and um thats it.]]>May 30th 2008 4:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/May 30th 2008 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/Jun 2nd 2008 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/May 30th 2008 3:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/
The only way I could see this as being useful is if they made it a RECORDER as well, and work the angle of this being an affordable way for people to archive the HD recordings from their HD camcorders. I'm doing it right now with my Mac and Toast 9, but I'd love a standalone console solution.]]>May 30th 2008 4:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/May 30th 2008 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/toshiba-knows-no-shame-plans-to-release-super-resolution-dvd-pl/May 30th 2008 3:41PM