Games & gear forum: XBox 360 Elite DVD playback

I read on IGN that the Elite will be able to upconvert DVDs via HDMI.

You don't need HDMI when you have component video. The only thing you gain from HDMI, aside from a single cable for audio and video, is access to the 1080p resolution. With component, it's limited to 1080i due to lack of DRM garbage built in.

And while I'm far from an expert, I don't think the 360 will upconvert anything. If you have a HD-DVD movie, you could play it back at 1080 resolutions, but I don't think it will take a standard DVD and upconvert the video to higher resolutions.

Then it will definitely upconvert through HDMI.

The 360 Elite will and can definitely upconvert DVD's through HDMI, to tell you the truth, you can see the video pixels on a 42+ screen when playing a DVD. That is why we have Blu-ray and HD-DVD to provide better resolution. Upconverting is just necessary to maintain DVD quality on bigger screens.

My Xbox 360 elite seems to be able to upconvert all its signals that are output through its HDMI (including standard DVDs). It can do this up to resolution of 1080p.

Here is why I say this: I have a home theater projector (the Panasonic PT-AX200U) that displays the resolution of the image it is currently receiving. When I set the output of the Xbox 360 Elite to be at 1080p and play a DVD (using the Xbox and watching it on my projector screen), then the display on my projector says it is receiving a 1080p signal. So, either the projector is broken or the xbox 360 elite is able to upconvert images to 1080p via its HDMI port.

Note: I have tried this for pictures and movies streeming from my PC as well and in every case the projector says it is receiving a 1080p resolution image.

I hope this helps clear this issue up.