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by ytdht 3799 days ago
One good example is that most Blu-ray movie discs are just DVDs converted to take more space (quality was not increased)
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arthurfm 3798 days ago
I have rented lots of Blu-rays and never found one that was upscaled from DVD to 1080p. Can you provide more details please since I am having a hard time believing that's true.
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ytdht 3798 days ago
I did a quick Google search and found this article [1] ... I recall seeing a website that was listing Blu-ray titles with true-1080p but I can't find it right now. Cable does something similar by highly compressing HD content.

1. http://conversation.which.co.uk/technology/many-blu-rays-no-...

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paradisechris 3798 days ago
Which ones? I can't remember ever coming across one.
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