Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Upscaling DVD


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.  

The result was Delete. WaltonOne 16:29, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Upscaling DVD

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I feel that JayKeaton from the article's talk page puts across the problems with the article best: "There is a lot of talk at the moment about upscaling standard def content to high def, such as upscaling dvd players, and all this talk will create a lot of questions for the public. This article does not answer those questions, it merely talks about things that don't belong on this page, like benefits of progressive scan and how progressive scan works. I don't understand what the author is trying to get across here. I think the websites like Sony do a lot better job of explaining what upscaling is, seeing as they make these players they know what people need to know and they say it. This page, who knows what it's trying to say. Also, a picture comparing an upscaled image to just a normal image displayed across the same cables on the the same screen (or pc monitor if you are taking screenshots) would be a huge benefit for those page. I would do it myself, but to be honest, I STILL can't figure out exactly what upscaling is. Like, what happens if you upscale to your hd tv across a component cable, and what happens when you just play a video without upscaling through your component cable to your hd tv? My hd tv upscales to fit all sources until the image either touches the top or side of the screen, so why should I care about upscaling? Why should the average reader care about it? At the moment, this article doesn't come close to answering those questions JayKeaton 14:14, 4 June 2007 (UTC)" This article has no real information, no references, and does not even discuss the topic which it is supposed to! In addition, the page Upscaling redirects to this page. I believe that an article on the process of Upscaling would suit wikipedia, but not the current article. - ARC Gritt TALK 11:53, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. Agreed, this article discusses alot of stuff that has nothing to do with upscaling, and while it describes the nearly trivial fact that upscaling increases the number of pixels an image takes up, but makes utterly no mention as to how this is done.  Further, there are no sources provided.  If someone wants to write a new article based on sources, they are free to.  Someguy1221 02:50, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep, this article does provide a lot of background information and links to related articles, inc. video scaler in the first sentence. It is also a rough article.  With editing, these articles can be better than the Sony page.  Deletion doesnt help us get there. John Vandenberg 13:44, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete and merge into video scaler. This is a specific application of the process that does not need an article.  The techniques used would be best discussed in the main technical article about video scaling. Vegaswikian 06:13, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.