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#1 islanders008
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does the ps3 upconvert regular dvds or does it just play them in the regular 480p format
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#2 paul52181
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It upconverts them and makes standard DVD's look much nicer. Obviously, you need an HDTV of course.
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#3 Blackwater001
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The PS3 has to be doing something to DVDs because I put in Lost season 3 the other night and it looked amazing. Glad I didnt get it on BluRay.

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#4 jimm895
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The PS3 is one of the best up-converters on the market. It does the same thing with PS2 games (except the 40 gig SKU). And with the latest firmware up-dates the PS3 is now one of the best Blu-Ray players on the market.
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#5 islanders008
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so there would be no need to get an upconverting dvd player with the ps3
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#6 ghudson666
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so there would be no need to get an upconverting dvd player with the ps3 islanders008

No need since your PS3 will upconvert your DVDs [and PS2 games] for you. There are some video settings where you can control a few settings. Check it out and ensure you have your setup right.

I have to state this just in case... You can only pass an upconverted signal to a HDTV via a HDMI cable!

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Oh on another note, make sure that the display settings on the PS3 are set to 1080i. I'm pretty sure that if it's set to 720p, it will not upconvert.
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#8 islanders008
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one last question component cbales won't work?

i have a hdmi jusk asking though