[MPlayer-users] Upconverting?

Grant emailgrant at gmail.com
Tue Sep 19 03:08:26 CEST 2006


> > >If you want something else, then try explaining what kind of improvement
> > >are you waiting for. I can't think of other general "quality
> > >improvement" methods that most of people would like other than making
> > >picture sharper and making colors more bright and vivid, but the latter
> > >has nothing to do with scaling and resolution.
> >
> > Hello Vladimir!  I'm just trying to determine if a good consumer DVD
> > player will yield a better picture on a 1366x768 LCD screen than
> > mplayer.  What do you think?
>
> I think mplayer will give better picture (with some postprocessing
> filters), but you'll have to use either DVI, analog VGA or YCbCr
> component output on your video card, also in the last two cases you'll
> have to use good video card and good cables.
>
> Stand-alone dvd player has many advantages over mplayer, but it can't
> generate more quality in picture than it already has. The rest is up to
> filters and output. Mplayer will win filters part, so quality of outputs
> decides it all.

I'll be using DVI with an Nvidia 6200 card.  What are the "many
advantages" of a stand-alone DVD player?

- Grant



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