Incredible DVD playback quality from PC

[d3n]

HardOCP.com has an article up titled PC DVD Rocks. It links to another article detailing how you can increase the quality of DVD playback on your PC or Media Center PC.

The article is in the Second Edition for April 27th
http://htpcnews.com/main.php?id=ffdshowdvd_1

 

[Savij]

link

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: d3n
HardOCP.com has an article up titled PC DVD Rocks. It links to another article detailing how you can increase the quality of DVD playback on your PC or Media Center PC.

also known as a home theater PC.

 

[isasir]

linked

 

[d3n]

The examples given in the article are pretty impressive.

 

[SaltBoy]

I've barely started to use PowerDVD along with a DVI hookup to my Samsung DLP. It looks VERY impressive, especially when compared to the Progressive Scan Component hookup that we used before then. Of course, I have to look at the Window Media High Definition samples to remind me that the DVD picture isn't HD quality, but still. I like it a lot!

 

[Sid59]

wow that's crisp and sharp.

 

[Anubis]

wow that looks sweet as hell, too bad i dont have a HTPC nor do i out put video to a TV,

will this do anything for me just watching DVDs on my computer?

 

[Wingznut]

Sweet article, and very timely too...

I spent about 2 hours this morning trying to get my Radeon 9700 PRO to display properly on my Sony 51" RPTV via DVi. Powerstrip isn't the most intuitive application for such a venture.

Thanks for the guides! Maybe I'll give it another shot.

 

[Cooljt1]

yeah, i want to know if this will improve dvd quality when watching on my computer

 

[Anubis]

also does this just work for DVDs or will it work for any type of video plaied in this way?

 

[MillionaireNextDoor]

bump for a nice guide

 

[777php]

nice

 

[slydecix]

Great article! Thanks for the linky.

 

[DrPizza]

Hey, thanks for the article. I wonder how well I'd be able to deal with this over a network in my house, indirectly from one computer through another to the tv.

 

[Gurck]

Good read, thanks for the link. Considering setting up an HTPC.

 

[d3n]

Not sure about PC display. I have tried the setup on my 21" CRT but with a Power DVD codec instead of the sonic codec as suggested. I noticed more graininess and missing vertical lines from the playback on my PC screen.

I am not a DVD playback or HDTV expert. However, I am aware that the resolution of a DVD is below true HDTV. If there is a way to scale up the signal without any loss of quality this guy seems to have found it.

 

[Jeraden]

I dunno, those before/after images look nice, but they really bring out the edge enhancement. Especially the Sully shot. Terrible ringing around all the edges. He has too much sharpening going on.

 

[Narse]

I tried it on my PC, it does work, but I was running it at 1600x1200 and I was dropping frames.

 

[Rudee]

I just tried this on my laptop. The overall picture quality improved but the CPU resources skyrocketed and dropped frames as a result. You really need to have a fast processer to pull this off with both quality and no frame loss.

 

[BillGates]

I like that Gateway PC.