"Toshiba is first to admit that Resolution+ doesn't offer true HD images as a result of all this processing, but it does claim to be a leap forward in television upscaling technology. "
All of which is pretty ironic considering how poor almost all of the Blu-ray players are at DVD playback. With 2 or maybe 3 exceptions it is odd that DVD playback on Blu-ray players is so bad - one can't help wondering if this is deliberate to over-emphasise the difference.
I don't know what parallel reality your think you come from but I have 600+ DVDs (that I will not be replacing) which I want played back to the highest quality (upscaling/upconversion) possible. Also my TV service is not even 25% HD yet so I also want the highest quality playback (upscaling/upconversion) for it too.
Taking these regular dumb and ill-considered pathetic little digs at this tech is just about as self-harming & idiotic as it gets (in tech-land). The truth is that we will all be having a hell of a lot of upscaling/upconversion to do for a long time yet.
If this stuff lives up to even half of the initial claims it ought to be a substantial leap ahead of today's upscaling.
(.....and it's not just Toshiba that are going to be using it, Sharp have bought the licence too, I suspect they will not be alone)
The mass-market will continue to use 32" - 42" sets for a very long time yet - and, given space limitations and the fact many if not most will never actually want a 'home cinema' anyways maybe most will never go beyond that kind of size. We know from the figures reported here that as late as Sep this year (the last numbers given) 32" - 42" & 720p sets still make up the majority sold. So therefore the usual claims that high def is so superior that upscaling/upconversion is a dreadful 2nd best just do not apply. There is a difference, yes, but on that size of TV it is hardly one as amazingly marked as some seem so desperate to continually imply.
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From your own link -
"Toshiba is first to admit that Resolution+ doesn't offer true HD images as a result of all this processing, but it does claim to be a leap forward in television upscaling technology. "
All of which is pretty ironic considering how poor almost all of the Blu-ray players are at DVD playback.
With 2 or maybe 3 exceptions it is odd that DVD playback on Blu-ray players is so bad - one can't help wondering if this is deliberate to over-emphasise the difference.
I don't know what parallel reality your think you come from but I have 600+ DVDs (that I will not be replacing) which I want played back to the highest quality (upscaling/upconversion) possible.
Also my TV service is not even 25% HD yet so I also want the highest quality playback (upscaling/upconversion) for it too.
Taking these regular dumb and ill-considered pathetic little digs at this tech is just about as self-harming & idiotic as it gets (in tech-land).
The truth is that we will all be having a hell of a lot of upscaling/upconversion to do for a long time yet.
If this stuff lives up to even half of the initial claims it ought to be a substantial leap ahead of today's upscaling.
(.....and it's not just Toshiba that are going to be using it, Sharp have bought the licence too, I suspect they will not be alone)
The mass-market will continue to use 32" - 42" sets for a very long time yet - and, given space limitations and the fact many if not most will never actually want a 'home cinema' anyways maybe most will never go beyond that kind of size.
We know from the figures reported here that as late as Sep this year (the last numbers given) 32" - 42" & 720p sets still make up the majority sold.
So therefore the usual claims that high def is so superior that upscaling/upconversion is a dreadful 2nd best just do not apply.
There is a difference, yes, but on that size of TV it is hardly one as amazingly marked as some seem so desperate to continually imply.