02-08-2007, 06:02 AM
Actually, my standard-def DVDs of (mostly British) shows look GREAT on my new HDTV ... probably because of my upscaling Toshiba prog-scan DVD player.
OBVIOUSLY no amount of upscaling is going to make SD look like real HD, but it certainly makes many of these older shows (currently watching Sapphire & Steel) look better than they ever did on my old TV (very sharp, good blacks, nice balanced colour), and some of the 16:9 SD DVDs (like the new seasons of Doctor Who) look terrific as well. I'm seeing LOTS of detail I didn't pick up before.
Again, watching something that is truly HD is so stunning I find myself watching shows I would have never bothered with before (documentary on Siberia? My GAWD that's a beautiful/awful place!), but unless it's a documentary it had better have a good story or all the HD in the world won't save it.
OBVIOUSLY no amount of upscaling is going to make SD look like real HD, but it certainly makes many of these older shows (currently watching Sapphire & Steel) look better than they ever did on my old TV (very sharp, good blacks, nice balanced colour), and some of the 16:9 SD DVDs (like the new seasons of Doctor Who) look terrific as well. I'm seeing LOTS of detail I didn't pick up before.
Again, watching something that is truly HD is so stunning I find myself watching shows I would have never bothered with before (documentary on Siberia? My GAWD that's a beautiful/awful place!), but unless it's a documentary it had better have a good story or all the HD in the world won't save it.