DVI doesn't equal DVI!

[Frank T.]

What a drag: The moment you think you are able to match a brand name DVI player with a front projector with the much required "HDCP authorized" DVI input, more problems arrive:

Some DVI output DVD players prefer the companionship of certain front projectors. Forget 'Plug & Play'.

While most HDCP-DVI input equipped front projectors will flawlessly reveal new quality of 480p (NTSC) or 576p (PAL) source material, the latest generation of DVD players (e.g.: Denon, Pioneer) will internally rescale the source signal to properly match it with the display device's resolution, yielding even better quality - IN THEORY!

Namely the Denon (European name "A11") will not provide any front projector with 480 rescaling to 720p or even 1080 that actually looks better than 480p-

The entire issue is going to be a major Fall topic - at least to our German "Joe Kane" and several colleagues of mine.

I wonder if HDMI ("DVI 2.0") will overcome these bugs.

So make sure to test and match your front projectors to the DVI-enabled DVD players of your choice or vice versa




Frank T.

[Brandon B]

Is this the equivalent of the U.S. model 5900? And are you saying it will not output upscaled 720p and 1080i over its DVI port?

That would suck, because it does do so in this country. I have read reviews by several people who are using it so.

BB