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Agree, that was the only purpose of the comparison I believe Hugh wanted it to make, not video
capabilities of cable connections.
However, while in theory the bandwidth and characteristic of the component analog connection
"should" look better than S-video, it is not in all the cases; the S-video connection sometimes show
better than the component analog, using similar quality of wiring, same TV, same DVD player.
One specific case is exactly the TV that Hugh has, I have tried that in 1999 with a non-progressive
player when that TV came out using good rated wiring on both connections; I was pleasantly
surprised, that although marginally, how better the S-video was "to my eyes".
In order to compensate for the point you mentioned, I suggested Hugh to try to match as much as
possible all video settings so to concentrate in just video processing (deintelacing/3:2 pulldown),
although it could be difficult to do a close matching in some circumstances.
Additionally, one could certainly expect to see more detail from the component connection, but such
detail could also show imperfections in the video processing (and the design) that could be
unpleasant to the eye; so a viewer might consider better an image that does not show all that, ergo
preferring the S-video. In other words the limitations of S-video might be masking non-high-quality
DVD/TV performance.
In such case, Hugh, in addition to my suggestion, try to use the same component analog connection to
reduce the effect of different wire-connections/video settings, and follow also your original
approach of switching progressive to interlace on the DVD player menu, knowing that the method would
be quite slower for the rapid appreciation of changes on A/B comparisons (and would certainly show
the DVD player menu on each progressive/interlace change).
The world is not perfect, but if you try both methods you would increase the information to reach
more accuracy on your evaluation.
Best Regards,
Rodolfo La Maestra
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Richard
Sent: Monday, December 26, 2005 6:31 PM
To: HDTV Magazine
Subject: Re: HQV Benchmark DVD by Silicon Optix
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> In order to make an almost instantaneous comparison of the
deinterlacing and 3:2 pulldown
> capabilities between your DVD player and the HDTV processing, make a
double connection from your DVD
> player to your Elite.
This test would be limited to only those two facets of scaling and I
suspect little will be different if at all. Color, pixelation and
contouring is another matter... for those compare component only as
S-video is too compressed in the color for a fair comparison.
Richard Fisher
www.HDLibrary.com Published by Tech Services
A division of Mastertech Repair Corporation
Rodolfo La Maestra wrote:
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>
> Hugh,
>
> In order to make an almost instantaneous comparison of the deinterlacing and 3:2 pulldown
> capabilities between your DVD player and the HDTV processing, make a double connection from your
DVD
> player to your Elite.
>
> a) send S-video to the TV, it will always send 480i to the TV, and the TV will do the 480p
> deinterlace of video/3:2 pulldown film.
>
> b) send component analog to the TV and set the DVD player as progressive output, it will send the
> same signal but as 480p to that other input of the TV.
>
> Make sure that both TV inputs are equally calibrated regarding color, contrast, sharpness, etc so
> the difference in video processing would be easier to identify among those two inputs.
>
> If you do a RGBHV 15 pin VGA D-sub connection with a converter to input 3 of your TV, your TV will
> not allow you to calibrate other than contrast and black level, you might want to use YPbPr
> component analog inputs (3 wires) to been able to calibrate all the settings and obtain better
> matching before the final comparison.
>
> By switching the TV inputs you would be able to do a quick A/B comparison of both 480p
deinterlacers
> without changing any setting of the DVD player.
>
> Best Regards and happy holidays,
>
> Rodolfo La Maestra
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: HDTV Magazine On Behalf Of
> Hugh Campbell
> Sent: Sunday, December 25, 2005 5:30 PM
> To: HDTV Magazine
> Subject: HQV Benchmark DVD by Silicon Optix
>
>
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>
> Curiosity got the better of me and I acquired the above DVD. It is for
> evaluating video processors, either the one in your DVD player or your
> television. Since I only have one DVD player connected to my HDTV I can
> only see how well my video processor is working and not how it compares to
> others. It would be handy if you could go to a store and compare different
> DVD players or different televisions. You have to be able to put the DVD
> player in the interlaced output mode in order to evaluate the television's
> video processor otherwise you are also using the DVD player's video
> processor.
>
> Hugh
>
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