anamericangod Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 Just a quick question I had. I have seen conflicting information all over the net, and cannot seem to get a definitive answer if the PS3 currently upscales regular DVDs. If you can help me out that would be awesome, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDQuiksilver Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 Yes, over HDMI. And quite good at it as well. (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sethos Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 It does :) Too bad It's the worst DVD player i have ever used. ( Not meant as flamebait or any fanboy hit'n'run comment - I just think the DVD part is really lousy ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexcyn Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 It does :)Too bad It's the worst DVD player i have ever used. ( Not meant as flamebait or any fanboy hit'n'run comment - I just think the DVD part is really lousy ) ... I don't know what you are trying to do with it, but it works just as well as any other DVD player I've used. :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anamericangod Posted November 24, 2007 Author Share Posted November 24, 2007 It does :)Too bad It's the worst DVD player i have ever used. ( Not meant as flamebait or any fanboy hit'n'run comment - I just think the DVD part is really lousy ) care to elaborate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RageOfFury Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 (edited) It does :)Too bad It's the worst DVD player i have ever used. ( Not meant as flamebait or any fanboy hit'n'run comment - I just think the DVD part is really lousy ) Very questionable since according to a comparison made by the boys over at DL.TV, the PS3 beats standalone HDMI DVD players in not only quality but also up converting performance. Also, I've watched over 30 movies on my PS3 and it's by far the best DVD player I've ever had. And I've gone through my fair share of DVD players over the years. Oh and you got to make sure your PS3 has the latest firmware because Sony is always making improvements to the DVD/BluRay player's firmware. Edited November 24, 2007 by RageOfFury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sethos Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 Had some major issues with a bunch of DVD's some time ago. They had a few usage-surface scratches, nothing major. All my DVD players weren't able to upscale, so i decided to try out my PS3. But because the disc wasn't in mint condition, the PS3 decided to pause every time it hit a "Scratch" - But not just to continue a few seconds ahead like EVERY other DVD player in existence, but skip an entire chapter ahead. ( Even though all my other players worked fine ) Also had a few other issues, with new DVD's not playing properly etc. Now i have my DVD player from my Surround set which works perfectly and also upscales ( Which looks a helluva lot better ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sn00pie Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 It's suppose to upscale over HDMI but I doubt that, for example when watching MOST movies whenever theres any movement on the screen I get blotchy fuzziness around the moving parts like the guys faces. I've got both reduction settings on 3, 720p, Normal as upscaling option, RGB enabled, and Super White turned off. My PSN trailers look amazing... haven't tried a BD yet. I bought Transformers today and it looks great on it, but I still see minor fuzziness, it's great but I'm 99% sure my PS2 was FAR better over component cables. Maybe its my $10 eBay HDMI cable? :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MytMowse Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 Yes it does a very good job at upscaling, just tested it this morning actually and was really suprised to see how nice they looked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Razgriz Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 My PS3 uses HDMI. I've got RGB range on full, super white turned on, upscaling to full. Reduction settings I leave to the movies/episodes playing. Sure, there is the occassional noise stuff (eg. in some Angel episodes), but this is negligeble. Overall, the PS3 does a great job of upscaling DVD material. I had Transformers (DVD) in it a few weeks ago. My only grievance was the black bars, but given the way it was filmed, I guess that can't be avoided (w/o warping the movie). Regardless of this, looked awesome. I can only imagine how the HD-DVD version will look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowRanger13 Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 Yeah it does a great job. Probably a bit more then 2 years ago my parents payed like $189 for a upscaling HDMI DVD player and it definitely made a difference but soon as PS3 added upscaling (I can't remember exactly but I think it was in version update 1.6 or 1.8) I found it did a better job and now the DVD player is sitting in the basement collecting dust :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrCheese Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 ya it upscales, but remember every LCD/Plasma screen has an upscaler already in it (else you'd be watching a postage sized image) and if you have a decent TV it often does a good or better job anyway. Having said that I leave upscaling on as it makes the PS3 menu's still appear in 1080p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huleboeren Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 ya it upscales, but remember every LCD/Plasma screen has an upscaler already in it (else you'd be watching a postage sized image) and if you have a decent TV it often does a good or better job anyway.Having said that I leave upscaling on as it makes the PS3 menu's still appear in 1080p I doubt any tv can do it better than a regular upscaling dvd player :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoL Veteran Posted November 25, 2007 Veteran Share Posted November 25, 2007 It really do a great job scaling DVD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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