PC - HDMI Upscaling?

[Tommy B]

I've noticed DVD players that are marketed as "HDMI Upscaling."

If you've got a PC connected to an HD TV, does your PC pretty much do the same thing. Surely I'm correct, because your PC is changing the resolution of the DVD from (720*576) and sending it to the TV at a much higher res (1280*1024 for example)

 

[Tommy B]

What's the point?

Just get your GFX card to output the 1080i resolution, as desktop.

 

[Tommy B]

I find that hard to believe. It's software, GFX cards are hardware.

I'm not saying you're wrong though, I'm just confused.