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Re: Blue-Ray Player on Older TV's
Yes, you can. BD players have composite and component video outputs in addition to HDMI and output on composite is limited to 480i (what an NTSC TV is capable of displaying). If you want to use the component outs, you'll have to adjust the resolution output in the player before hooking these up. You can do this by hooking up with the composite output first and going to the setup menu. There, you'll adjust the output to 480i and then you'll be able to hook up you component outs. If you try to adjust through the component outs, all you'll get onscreen is an unintelligible mess and you'll have to guess at the settings.
As for how the movies will look, when I first hooked up my HD DVD player to a 480i display, the improvement was very subtle. Certain details resolved more cleanly, and colour was cleaner as well. This was using the component outs.
As has been discussed elsewhere on the forum, you can hook up your receiver through the optical out for surround sound, but you'll be limited to what your receiver can decode i.e. Dolby True HD will output as Dolby Digital, DTS HD MA will output only the core DTS signal, etc.
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Re: Blue-Ray Player on Older TV's
Most have composite and component video outputs, so it's possible. I haven't tried it myself, but my experience connecting another HD video source (my DVR) to an NTSC television is that you do get a clearer picture, thanks to less compression and better color.
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Re: Blue-Ray Player on Older TV's
Exactly. Higher bandwidth+ better compression= less artifacting.
\"My opinion is that (a) anyone who actually works in a video store and does not understand letterboxing has given up on life, and (b) any customer who prefers to have the sides of a movie hacked off should not be licensed to operate a video player.\"-- Roger Ebert
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Re: Blue-Ray Player on Older TV's
By George, I think you've got it!
\"My opinion is that (a) anyone who actually works in a video store and does not understand letterboxing has given up on life, and (b) any customer who prefers to have the sides of a movie hacked off should not be licensed to operate a video player.\"-- Roger Ebert
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Re: Blue-Ray Player on Older TV's
Oh, and welcome to the HTF!
\"My opinion is that (a) anyone who actually works in a video store and does not understand letterboxing has given up on life, and (b) any customer who prefers to have the sides of a movie hacked off should not be licensed to operate a video player.\"-- Roger Ebert
