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dheerpat

Discussion Starter · Jan 13, 2008

hi all....just joined this forum looking for advise.... i have philips 7422 hd ready 42" lcd tv..recently i chucked out my samsung dvd player(which played dvd very well) in favor of sony dvpns78 upscaling player under the impression i would be able to watch near hd quality..however to my disappontment

1) 1080 p upscaling looks via hdmi connection terrible than component out.also not able to fill entire screen as this option is grayed out on tv

2) whenever i play dvd, it shows 480p..is not it low quality? but the images i am getting are stunning..i heard that upscaling dvd player can upscale to 720 i.e near hd quality..why is not that happening,,.,,imagine transition from 480 p to 720p

3) some dvd (like abyss) refuse to go full screen, with top and bottom black bars..ny idea..zooming thru dvd player option creatwes pixelation..

kinldy advise..also please note that i am from india...are the dvd encoded in same way globally ?

regards

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Norske

· #2 · Jan 13, 2008

Try setting the output to 1080i instead of 1080p. it has been stated several times here, and I have also seen for myself, that this player looks fairly grainy when outputting 1080p.

I bought the DVPNS77 this evening and I have it hooked to my Sony 55A2000 SXRD. It is outputting 1080i and looks great. 1080p is not so good.

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dheerpat

Discussion Starter · #3 · Jan 13, 2008

thanx norske..one other thing was trying to set up home theater...i have one old lg home theater sytem which has a built in dvd player decoder(all in one) with 2 l/r , 1 center, and 2 satellite speaker with dolby output..however since the dvd player part of it is damaged, i conncetd audio out(red and white cable) from sony dvd player to audio in of lg system...i selected AUX and getting sound from L/R speakers only..no sound in rest of speakers..any way out ,.does it means that aux connection cannot play surround speakers and limited to l/r main speakers only,,,

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wmcclain

· #4 · Jan 13, 2008

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Originally Posted by dheerpat /forum/post/12794892

hi all....just joined this forum looking for advise.... i have philips 7422 hd ready 42" lcd tv..recently i chucked out my samsung dvd player(which played dvd very well) in favor of sony dvpns78 upscaling player under the impression i would be able to watch near hd quality..however to my disappontment

1) 1080 p upscaling looks via hdmi connection terrible than component out.also not able to fill entire screen as this option is grayed out on tv

Set 1:1 pixel mapping on the display, if possible.

Turn off any video enhancement modes.

Use a calibration disc. Brief notes here: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...&post9889995

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2) whenever i play dvd, it shows 480p..is not it low quality? but the images i am getting are stunning..i heard that upscaling dvd player can upscale to 720 i.e near hd quality..why is not that happening,,.,,imagine transition from 480 p to 720p

DVDs can provide some fine images, but they are Standard Definition, not High Definition. DVDs are recorded at 480i (NTSC) or 576i (PAL).

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3) some dvd (like abyss) refuse to go full screen, with top and bottom black bars..ny idea..zooming thru dvd player option creatwes pixelation..

THE ABYSS is an example of a non-anamorphic widescreen title. The image will display within a 4:3 frame. This is bad, but there is nothing you can do except zoom. For more info on anamorphic encoding, see: http://www.thedigitalbits.com/articl...hic/index.html

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kinldy advise..also please note that i am from india...are the dvd encoded in same way globally ?

Almost the same way. DVDs follow the old TV systems of NTSC and PAL. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAL . North America is NTSC, India is PAL. But you mention a 480 signal so I suspect you are able to play both types.

-Bill

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dheerpat

Discussion Starter · #5 · Jan 13, 2008

thanx wmcclain...MI:2 plays in 576p and looks stunning,,,,so basically as belive it all boils down to how dvd is produced , which in turn differs from country to country,,,, i downloaded one high def clip from topaz, in 720 and it plays full screen..

any guidence on my next problem..auxilary conection one..

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manupooja

· #6 · Jun 19, 2008

to dheerpat

can u pla tel me where to find calibration disk in india i'm from india too punjab

pls reply

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