What is a HD dvd?

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What is the difference between an HD DVD Player and an DVD Upconverter? Is it a big difference?

I recently purchased a HD DVD player which is a Toshiba HD-A2 DVD Player. The price of the HD DVD player is a significant amount more than an DVD Upconverter. I was told that the HD DVD player can upconvert regular DVDs to HD quality. What am I missing...

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An upconvert player can only play standard DVDs. It takes the basic 720x480 resolution and adds more...

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If you have an HD TV and you buy a DVD up-converter and you put in a NON HD dvd what will happen??

I always thought you needed 4 things for HD - The TV, the player, the cable, and the source ( DVD). If you buy an HD upconverter DVD player and the dvd is NOT HD DVD or Blu-ray then will you get an HD picture??

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the upscaler will increase picture resolution only to fit hd standards. there won't be any major difference...

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What's better? A standard DVD upconverted to 1080p on a $100 upconvert DVD player or a HD-DVD at 720p/1080i?

What's better? A standard DVD upconverted to 1080p on a $100 upconvert DVD player or a HD-DVD at 720p/1080i? My TV is a 65" 1080p Mitsubishi. I have a 1080p upconvert Samsung DVD player (DVD-1080p7). I'm thinking about getting the Toshiba HD-A3...

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It isn't clear to me what you intend to watch. If DVDs, you won't see any appreciable difference between...

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Hi what in my going to do with my Xbox 360 HD-DVD add-on player?

Hi I bought my Xbox 360 HD-DVD add-on player since day one & it cost me $180.99. I remember long time that my dad he supported VHS & was happy that VHS won over against BETA. Now me with my HD-DVD & HD-DVD is losing "big time" of...

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I don't believe this battle is over yet. Blue ray has just taken the advantage at the moment. You have...

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I have an HD Camcorder and have downloaded the movies to PC and burned onto a DVD, what can i play this on?

So, I've recorded some home movies of my daughter in full HD with my camcorder. I have downloaded this to my PC and have an option to burn this to a DVD-R in HD. What type of player will I be able to view this DVD in HD? A Regular DVD player? a DVD player...

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If it is really HD, you'll need a DVD player that can decode Windows Media or Quicktime HD files, which...

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What is proper configuration for HD, DVD-ROM, DVD-R?

I replaced my CD-R and CD-ROM with a DVD-R and DVD-ROM on seperate controllers with the 80GB HD as master, DVD as slave, another smaller HD as Master with the burner as slave. It works but the hard drive file access is now a lot slower. FOr example,...

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As a general rule, I keep hard drives on one controller and CD/DVD drives on another. You can check...

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What's wrong with HD dvd?

"HD DVD buyers are getting relief from Best Buy in the form of $50 gift cards if they purchased a HD DVD player before February 23 from the retailer. Following the lead of Circuit City, Best Buy is doing its best to console bitter HD DVD player...

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HD-dvd will be a thing of the past. Major companies have decided not to support that format. Regular...

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What is the deal with upconverting DVD players? DVDs do not have HD info inside them.

I am assuming that the sole purpose of an upconverting DVD player is to display the DVD at original 16:9 ratio in its full 852x480 resolution (that is if the DVD actually contains 852x480 resolution(lots of DVDs are 4:3 ratio with 720x480 standard resolution...

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The specs you are describing would be for 'true hd.' Basically the dvd player is basically using some...

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Can "HD DVDs" play on a regular DVD player? or what is necessary for this?

as have noticed when ordering a DVD now..there is "Blue Ray".."HD DVD" and "DVD"...so was wondering if you are just use to playing "DVDs"....and have a regular DVD player..but have a flat screen tv...can get the...

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No, HD DVDs and Blu-Ray Discs will not play on a regular DVD player. Because of the way data is stored...

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Can "HD DVDs" play on a regular DVD player? or what is necessary for this?

as have noticed when ordering a DVD now..there is "Blue Ray".."HD DVD" and "DVD"...so was wondering if you are just use to playing "DVDs"....and have a regular DVD player..but have a flat screen tv...can get the...

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I'm surprised you can still buy HD-DVD's, because HD-DVD players have been out of production for over...

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