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DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile RegistrantBill MacNeill
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I have read here in the forums that folks using PC's for their viewing of DVD's are able to upscale the output to 1080i / p.

I am near the point of getting the equipment end of my dedicated theatre put together and am deciding wheter or not to keep with the existing Panasonic S52 upscaling DVD player to feed the projector or build a PC dedicated for this use.

I have checked out all the settings under Power DVD 5.0 and have not been able to find a setting for upscaling the DVD. Is there specific software that does this? I like the idea of the PC as I can project DVD Profiler as a way to select DVD's to watch on the big screen via a remote wireless keyboard.

If this is not possible then I will go back to the original plan of using the panasonic.

Just looking for feedback as to what others are using.

Thanks
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I have read here in the forums that folks using PC's for their viewing of DVD's are able to upscale the output to 1080i / p.

I am near the point of getting the equipment end of my dedicated theatre put together and am deciding wheter or not to keep with the existing Panasonic S52 upscaling DVD player to feed the projector or build a PC dedicated for this use.

I have checked out all the settings under Power DVD 5.0 and have not been able to find a setting for upscaling the DVD. Is there specific software that does this? I like the idea of the PC as I can project DVD Profiler as a way to select DVD's to watch on the big screen via a remote wireless keyboard.

If this is not possible then I will go back to the original plan of using the panasonic.

Just looking for feedback as to what others are using.

Thanks



I don't V5 can...but you find V7 does.
see their main site
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Actually any PC DVD player does upscaling, unless they change your screen resolution when you go full screen.

Take me for exmaple, when I watch a DVD on my computer, it is output at the full 1680x1050 resolution of my monitor. And that's 1050p no less 

Upscaling is simply being able to output the picture at a higher resolution than what is on the DVD itself, and ALL computer players do that. It's not an option, it does it no matter what.
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What RossRoy said.

I have a home built HTPC in my living room that I use to watch and record TV shows (Snapstream's BeyondTV) and watch DVD's.  My resolution is set to 1050i and there's no problem and no desktop resizing.

The app just has to work a little harder than normal to stretch the picture out.
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Thats what I needed to hear. Thanks for the info as this is the route I am going to go. It just makes sense to be able to use Profiler in the theatre room to pick movies to watch on the big screen.
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I have the Origen X15e case that's totally sweet.  I'm planning on using the touch screen LCD panel to search for a movie to watch.

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I have the x15e also, but since I use my AV receiver to transmit images to the projector on 1080i, the little touchscreen does not work anymore. It cannot handle that resolution.

That's really bad. I have bought that case to start my music and music dvd's without putting on the projector.

Would it be possible to install a newer touchscreen that can handle that kind of resolution?

Or is there another solution?

ps: the little touchscreen worked perfect as long as I was transmitting the VGA signal over 1024x...
Than it worked with settings of dual monitor.
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Actually any PC DVD player does upscaling, unless they change your screen resolution when you go full screen.

Take me for exmaple, when I watch a DVD on my computer, it is output at the full 1680x1050 resolution of my monitor. And that's 1050p no less 

Upscaling is simply being able to output the picture at a higher resolution than what is on the DVD itself, and ALL computer players do that. It's not an option, it does it no matter what.


Can you provide some sources for this?  I am VERY interested.  Also, specifics on your hardware setup at the PC end would be helpful.  PM me if you like.
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Can you provide some sources for this?  I am VERY interested.


What sources do you need, other than the fact that my monitor doesn't change resolution when I put the movie in full screen mode (no, I don't mean cutting the side of a widescreen movie, I mean hiding my whole desktop and taskbar and everything else to just see the movie)? Also, if I watch it in the WinDVD window, WinDVD scales the movie to fill the window, and by definition this is upscaling.

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Also, specifics on your hardware setup at the PC end would be helpful.  PM me if you like.


Asus P5LD2
Intel Pentium D 930
2GB RAM
3x300GB HDD
Radeon x1900 GT
LG DVD Burner
LG Flatron L203WTX (at 1680x1050)

What else do you want to know?

Oh and I'm watching my DVD with WinDVD 8.
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Can you provide some sources for this?  I am VERY interested.


What sources do you need, other than the fact that my monitor doesn't change resolution when I put the movie in full screen mode (no, I don't mean cutting the side of a widescreen movie, I mean hiding my whole desktop and taskbar and everything else to just see the movie)? Also, if I watch it in the WinDVD window, WinDVD scales the movie to fill the window, and by definition this is upscaling.

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Also, specifics on your hardware setup at the PC end would be helpful.  PM me if you like.


Asus P5LD2
Intel Pentium D 930
2GB RAM
3x300GB HDD
Radeon x1900 GT
LG DVD Burner
LG Flatron L203WTX (at 1680x1050)

What else do you want to know?

Oh and I'm watching my DVD with WinDVD 8.



I'm not familiar with WinDVD.  However, I guess my system is doing the same then, because when I tell PowerDVD 6 to go full screen, the resolution stays at 1024.  The way you described things in your first post, it sounded like you were outputing it to a 16:9 TV, rather than watching it on the PC monitor.  Hence my confusion.
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May I say, though I do not run a HTPC, a friend of mine does (he built it himself) and he loves it.

With mulitpule tuner cards, it is a very good PVR and as he has a large stack of large storge space, all his DVDs run of the harddrive - so no problem damaging the goods (He is a neat freak), also he can watch whatever he wants, without getting up (lazy neat freek)

He has also ripped all his CD's to the server - and therefore can listen to all his music without moving (lots of money earning lazy neat freek)

Finally, if you get a media streaming item (As in Xbox 360 or PS3?) you can stream all your media around the home network, so you could have a second TV in another room, watching the TV program you recorded earlier, whist your partner/family watch what they want on the main screen (Or, the other way round), or listen to different music all around the house.

Oh, you can also get a SlingBox, so you could watch what you record on your HTPC anywhere in the world..... (even some mobile phones... if you wanted)
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I also have all my DVD's and CD's available on my network but I use iomega's teraserver for a 1 TB of networked storage with a gigabit lan card (for my gigabit lan).  I use BeyondTV with three cable inputs and one cablebox input via s-video for the capability of recording four shows (and watch a previously recorded show) simultaneously.  If you can get ahold of a nVidia DualTV card, it's a high-quality dual video capture card with an internal signal splitter.  I replaced two H-150 cards with it.  The drivers now support multiple DualTV cards in the same box.

I have mine hooked up to a 51" widescreen via component video with optical output to a four-way digital switchbox (for xbox360/cable/dvr) connected via optical to a receiver with Bose 5.1 speakers.  Right now, the internal LCD on the case isn't being used but I have plans for it for media selection.

I have plans for building a theater in my currently unused and unfinished lower family room with a 110" screen, HD projector, 7.1 sound, and a 17" touchscreen LCD mounted in the wall that duplicates the living room setup as far as media selection.

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DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile RegistrantDr. Killpatient
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Oh, you can also get a SlingBox, so you could watch what you record on your HTPC anywhere in the world..... (even some mobile phones... if you wanted)

Orb also works great for this but it uses a PC to serve video and will downscale based on network speed.

I've listened to my CD collection and am currently watching Men in Black II on my Cingular 8525 over the air (just 'cause I can).
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I'm not familiar with WinDVD.  However, I guess my system is doing the same then, because when I tell PowerDVD 6 to go full screen, the resolution stays at 1024.  The way you described things in your first post, it sounded like you were outputing it to a 16:9 TV, rather than watching it on the PC monitor.  Hence my confusion.


There is nothing special in connecting a TV to the computer as long as it use HDMI. HDMI is just a fancy name for DVI (which computer monitors have been using to connect monitors for years) with audio added. You can buy DVI/HDMI cables, or use an adapter (not recommended for long cable runs).  You computer will simply see the TV as the monitor it really is - and detect resolution as it would with any other digital monitor
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I use Microsoft Media Center, which allows for Upscalling of DVD playback.  Plus has additional features like DVR recording of TV, and all my CDs ripped to the hard drive for easy playback.

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Motherboard Foxconn 865G7MC-ES
XFX GeForce FX 5500 256MB
Intel Celeron D 2.53GHz  Rosewill
2GB DDR 400 Memory
500GB Hard Drive
Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-500MCE
NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder

Using a DVI to HDMI cable connected to a 47" HDTV.  Audio is being feed from the SPDIF optical output from the HTPC to a 5.1 reciever.
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