Are DVDs supposed to look like crap on the 2405?

[Nutdotnet]

2405FPW
x800XL
I did a clean install of windows when I upgraded from the x300 to the x800XL

So my question...are DVDs supposed to look awful? I know there's a large difference in native resolutions so I'm just curious.

Shrek looks like a VHS movie.

Thanks!

 

[Crescent13]

What DVD?

Star Wars Episodes I and II are at a resolution of 720x304

 

[SynthDude2001]

Sort of, yes. There's only so many pixels in a DVD frame (usually 720x480), and scaling up the resolution by more than 2x in each direction really points out how relatively low-quality DVD's are. I've watched several DVD's on my own 2005FPW, and they're watchable, but picture quality certainly isn't that great. Makes me kind of glad I never invested in a large DVD library since an HD DVD format isn't too far off. Watch some HDTV sources on the monitor if you can (that's what I do more often), it's breathtaking if you find a good one.

 

[klah]

Does your drivers license photo look like crap if you blow it up to an 8x10?

Fix: alt.binaries.hdtv

 

[DRavisher]

Indeed, DVDs are kind of low res. But it shouldn't be any worse than on TV and such so long as you have a good decoder. Scaling up to a much higher resolution than the original material is should lead to less degradation than scaling to a resolution closer to that of the material (with the exact same resolution being best) according to my logic at least.

What DVD?

Star Wars Episodes I and II are at a resolution of 720x304

Wow. They've gone totally bananas on the wide aspect.

 

[SynthDude2001]

Originally posted by: DRavisher

What DVD?

Star Wars Episodes I and II are at a resolution of 720x304

Wow. They've gone totally bananas on the wide aspect.

I don't know about "gone totally bananas" - that resolution corresponds to an aspect ratio of about 2.35:1, which is actually rather common in some movies from what I understand. I think the LOTR movies used that AR too...not sure which others, since I don't see a whole lot of movies

 

[Cheesetogo]

Originally posted by: SynthDude2001

Originally posted by: DRavisher

What DVD?

Star Wars Episodes I and II are at a resolution of 720x304

Wow. They've gone totally bananas on the wide aspect.

I don't know about "gone totally bananas" - that resolution corresponds to an aspect ratio of about 2.35:1, which is actually rather common in some movies from what I understand. I think the LOTR movies used that AR too...not sure which others, since I don't see a whole lot of movies

Isn't that the most common aspect ratio?

 

[Vernor]

Lookup upscaling and ffdshow.

 

[Nutdotnet]

Originally posted by: klah
Does your drivers license photo look like crap if you blow it up to an 8x10?

Fix: alt.binaries.hdtv

My driver's license looks like crap anyway.

 

[jiffylube1024]

Originally posted by: Cheesetogo

Originally posted by: SynthDude2001

Originally posted by: DRavisher

What DVD?

Star Wars Episodes I and II are at a resolution of 720x304

Wow. They've gone totally bananas on the wide aspect.

I don't know about "gone totally bananas" - that resolution corresponds to an aspect ratio of about 2.35:1, which is actually rather common in some movies from what I understand. I think the LOTR movies used that AR too...not sure which others, since I don't see a whole lot of movies

Isn't that the most common aspect ratio?

Yup pretty much. 2.35:1 is the most popular aspect ratio, followed by 1.85:1, which is sometimes cropped minimally on DVD to 1.77:1 (also known as 16:9).

 

[clarkkent333]

What you need is FFDShow. It will allow you to rescale the DVD to 1920X1080 (16x10) so that the monitor is running at it's normal resolution. It should definately enhance your image quality but be warned that it will seriously tax your CPU.

 

[BroadbandGamer]

Run the DVD at its native res and don't scale it to fit your display and it will look perfect.

 

[BFG10K]

Yup, it's a problem with the LCD running outside of its native resolution, not with the DVD.

 

[Zero Plasma]

Originally posted by: klah
Does your drivers license photo look like crap if you blow it up to an 8x10?

Fix: alt.binaries.hdtv

Yeah, a.b.hdtv is an addiction.