Does it make a difference in picture quality with 1080p source video on a 720p TV? In other words if you have a 720p TV will 1080p material look like say HD DVD look any better than say 720p HD broadcast or cable TV video or upscaled 480 SD DVD to 720p with an Oppo with a Faroujda (sp?) chip?
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It should look better only because HD TV broadcasts are normally compressed, and upscaled material is not a true HD source. YMMV here and there, but yes, in general it should look better.Santino
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At its best, HD DVD definitely looks better than cable HD over my 720p pj. As usual, resolution specs tell only part of the story.Comment
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So if my TV only does 720p and 1080i and I want to play from an HDDVD or BR is it better to watch at 720p or is it better to convert to 1080i? How do you convert to 1080i if that is preferable?Comment
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Since 1080p material has to be scaled down to 720p on a 720p display - like a 720p plasma for instance. How is that better than a direct 720p signal? What are the advantages of scaling 1080p to 720p? Seems like a direct 720p without scaling would map better pixel-wise??Comment
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You should do the scaling where the processor is best. For some, the player will have the best processing. In that case, you should set the player to output 720p. For others, the display will have better processing. In that case, you should set the resolution to 1080i/p (whatever your display will accept) and let it do the work. In my case, my 720p PJ has very good processing for deinterlacing and scaling (better than my A2 or my SD DVD players) so I send it 480i for SD DVD and 1080i for HD DVD (the A2 doesn't do raw 1080p or I would send that to my PJ). The only way to know for sure is to try different settings. I would say that if the 720p display in question is more than 18 months old, the likelihood is very great the player will have better processing than the display (though that is just a general observation, not a hard rule). The best solution, of course, is an outboard video processor, but that requires an investment of money that is not necessarily practical.Comment
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Hello,
I'm moving into a new house in a couple of months, and it has a room that we don't particularly have plans for yet (when I say we, that means my wife has no plans but I do
). I'd like to do a projection system in it, and be able to do "real" 1080p. The primary reason...
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This has come up in other discussions here. This is actually something I learned about recently also, I think on information posted on Projector Central.
http://www.projectorcentral.com
The question is, does it matter if I buy a digital projector that has a native widescreen... -
A review from Projector Central:
"NeoDigit calls the NeuNeo HVD2085 a "universal player". Taking them at face value, the player does seem to handle just about everything: DVD, SVCD, VCD, CD, HDCD, MP3, WMA, Photo-CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD+R, DVD–R, DVD+RW, DVD-RW and built-in... -
I recently bought a 50 inch Plasma which supports 1080i. Now everything is going hdmi and 1080p HD/DVD Blu-Ray etc.
I have a DVDO VP30 ABT102 Card and am currently using 1080i. All the new plasma's coming out "say" 1080p, but I've read many articles that say even though they... -
With Mitsubishi's announcement of their $3700, 52", DLP, 1080p-native rear projection TV, it's clear that mid/low-priced, 1080p is coming for sure:
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/product...dtv-usat_x.htm
I have been waiting for years now for 1080p-native front projectors...
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