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jt20042 · **Joined:** Fri Jun 09, 2006 9:28 am **Posts:** 1492

Don't laugh, I am dumb when it comes to this kind of stuff, but at least I admit it. :jetserl

But here it goes....why when I watch a DVD does it look like crap on my screen? I have DirecTV and HD channels so why do my DVD's look so horrible? How do you watch a DVD in HD? Can you?

Cobra · **Joined:** Mon Jan 24, 2005 11:57 pm **Posts:** 14767

Everything looks like crap when you connect to the yellow RCA jack on a HDTV

Try the Component connections if the player has it :shades

or buy a blu ray player with upconvert

jt20042 · **Joined:** Fri Jun 09, 2006 9:28 am **Posts:** 1492

Thx, will look into it! :Kool

Chris · **Joined:** Wed Nov 05, 2008 1:55 am **Posts:** 2092

Cobra wrote:

Try the Component connections if the player has it :shades

or buy a blu ray player with upconvert

This.

Also try an HDMI cable if your player supports it.

There's also a possiblity that your DVDs are SD only. Some DVDs are labelled "widescreen" rather than "high definition", i.e. 480p letterboxed in 16:9 aspect ratio to mimic 720 or 1080 resolution video.

SSndstorm · **Posted:** Sat Aug 29, 2015 1:06 pm

Hi all. This is probably a very dumb question but I cannot seem to find out how to add/modify my bio page. Can anyone help? Thanks

Pool · **Joined:** Wed Aug 04, 2004 11:12 pm **Posts:** 8573

Control panel option under the banner then profile

Nick! · **Joined:** Sat Sep 06, 2008 2:48 am **Posts:** 5476

jt20042 wrote:

Don't laugh, I am dumb when it comes to this kind of stuff, but at least I admit it. :jetserl

But here it goes....why when I watch a DVD does it look like crap on my screen? I have DirecTV and HD channels so why do my DVD's look so horrible? How do you watch a DVD in HD? Can you?

If your HD channels look HQ but it's just when you play a DVD then your DVD player is SD. Plus I find that DVD quality is crap. Anything I download or buy that's in DVD quality doesn't compare to 720p or 1080p. Now I don't know the technical explanation behind it but I'm think you gotta go bluray to get what you want. If I download a video in 720p or 1080p it looks fantastic but if I download a DVD video it looks like crap.

Chris · **Joined:** Wed Nov 05, 2008 1:55 am **Posts:** 2092

I'm confused. Isn't this topic a year old?

(Also, I don't even remember writing the above reply.

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Nick! · **Joined:** Sat Sep 06, 2008 2:48 am **Posts:** 5476

chris217 wrote:

I'm confused. Isn't this topic a year old?

(Also, I don't even remember writing the above reply.

)

I wondered why there were 2 different ?s in the same post the second 1 being current. SSndstorm, being new, put his comment in this post instead of starting a new one. I didn't even see the original date. Ha, ha...that's funny.

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