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HD ready madness

As an early adapter I purchased a Mitsubishi Big Screen that was HD Ready - 1080i with componant imput. You know the story - everything is now HDMI etc. So my question is: does anyone know how to get an upsampled signal from a DVD player in 1080i through component inputs on the TV? Does any DVD player do this? Are there conversion boxes? I've heard there are security issues etc. Help!

I'm so confused I'm probably not even asking this right so please forgive my ignorance. Any help would be appreciated.
revdog
avguygeorge
2,300 posts
 
Another question,does your set have a digital atsc tuner on board? QUAM tuners are for a cable card. Then part of hdmi most forget is hdcp which is to allow the highest res. via hdmi--copy protection.--Don't let the 720 fool you. Depending on your tv,720 looks better than 1080i on some sets./mine being one of them.--My Mits. has the 9"guns.
revdog OP
19 posts
 
It is a Mitsubishi 65" CRT WS-65819. The connectors in the DTV 1080i space are only component rca. It has no internal HD tuner.

I can't afford any bullets at this time, but I would like to be able to send a 1080i picture from a DVD player via component cable.
elizabeth
6,726 posts
 
First, DVD is only 480i.. no matter what. IF the DVD player has an upscaler, then it will upscale the picture and send it out. If your TV does this just as well, then you DO NOT NEED what you are asking for.
Use component from your DVD player and be happy. NO MATTER WHAT, the TV upscales to it's native resolution.
So, you are good to go AS IS.. unless you want HD-DVD, or Blu-Ray.. then you gotta buy a new screen anyway...
Be happy...
hudsonhawk
69 posts
 
Agreed with others, you don't really need it. And you won't be able to find it anyway - the DVD spec forbids players from outputting an upscaled signal using anything other than VGA, DVI, or HDMI. If your TV lacks those inputs, then just spend the money on a next-gen player instead (HD-DVD, Blu-Ray), or save your money for a new display.
pe3046
120 posts
 
HD-DVD discs do currently allow HD-DVD 1080i output over component (but not upsampled dvd, that violates the ict in place on the dvd's). Until the time that they start implementing the ict flags you would have no issue. But you may want to check out the oppo and the older samsung players which would allow you to output 1080i upsampled dvd's over component.
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