Can my Qosmio G40 upscale standard DVDs

Hello,
all I was just woundering if my qosmio G40-10s can upscale standard DVDs because my PS3 can and they look awsome,
I hope it does now that hd-dvd is over I have tried opening them with the hd-dvd player but it wont have any of it any help would be super
thx

How do you mean upscale? On the external screen?
Usually this depends on the player you use, so if the standard player wont do then you can try e.g. the VLC player (www.videolan.org) or the "Media Player Classic" which is included in the "K-lite" codec pack (just google for "K-lite")
Otherwise I would appreciate to hear some feedback from you regarding that issue.
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