Ok - why should I get 1080P if there isn't any source material? I don"t anticipate blu-rau for 3 years and not aware of anyone (cable or satellite) transmitting near that...
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Blu Ray 2006.
Right now 1080P is expensive and bleeding edge so yes right now its a waste but I'd say within a year maybe 2 you'll start seeing MORE 1080P hitting the market.
Also FWIW, A gentleman over at AVS has done some research on 1080P as far as DVI cables go and has found that the cheaper ones won't do 1080P w/o some big degredation. Basically he is finding that you need to drop a good $100 on a good DVI cable for 1080P of which there are only a handful of projectors/plasmas and TVs for.
Next year is the year of 1080P hitting the market full time. Sony should have a 70" XBR RPTV for 7k or so and supposedly the scalers in the 1080P sets are exceptional. I believe also there are several external scalers out ther capable of upconverting to 1080P. -
1080p here and now
1080p is defacto here. Pretty much all of the digital displays (LCD, LCOS, DLP, DILA) whether projected or not, display a progressive image.
The fact that there is not a lot of true 1080p material around yet is pretty much irrelevant, since the sensible folk with one of these displays will run their source material through a proper video processor to convert to 1080p, since that's what the display shows anyway.
For example, I use the Faroudja 1010, which accepts 480i, 576i, 720i/p, 1080i and outputs beautiful 1080p, which feed to a Aquos 45 and also a projector. It also does pass thru of 1080p, should I happen to bump into anything besides an HTPC.
I subscribe to using an outboard processor like the Faroudja because so many gadgets are limited by their own on-board electronics, which refuse to accept 1080p, even though the actual display device only operates in 1080p - very sad situation.
Having 1080p input, now, means that you can do a decent upconversion to 1080p. Apart from CRTs and some plasmas, I don't think many people are actually seeing a true 1080i image in hidef, but its mostly converted to progressive, "onboard", without them realizing it (and usually to a lower resolution as well, depending on the native capability of what their using.Comment
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A few thoughts and questions. I see many recievers that "upconvert to HDMI" but don't list any specs. Does that mean they send 1080P over the HDMI, or could it be something else? The next step is that I am looking at Onkyo's 805 and 875. Both upconvert, but the 875 says it uses HQV Reon for... -
I have a Sony STR-DA5400ES receiver. The blu-ray player upconverts dvd's as we all know. I understand that the Faroudja Cinema Processor compensates images when are upconverted to 720-1080i/p. Does it work for composite outputs only? I have a dvd/vhs combo with HDMI output that upscales pictures up... -
I think I have an idea about the difference between line doublers (used in progressive DVD players and some TVs - HDTVs I think) and scalers.
But, how much do I need to spend to get a doubler or scaler to put between my Digital Cable Receiver, VCR, DVD player and my TV.
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I have found two video scalers which profess to be quality products and at very reasonable prices, between $300 and $500, depending on where you buy.
One is AVT-3000, there is a reasonable amount of info on this item through a google search. Lowest price I found was $350 USD. Waiting... -
Of course this was inevitable after the rear projection DLP 1080p displays were announced. :T But the BIG question will be the FPTV unit pricing.
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Of course these new DLP projectors don't actually...
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