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Nicetry,
Since 1080p is not expected as a video/processor output to input either of the displays you mention,
then the VP30 could still be a good choice for upscaling/upconverting SD.
Lumagen is a good brand, I could not find them at CES to discuss plans for new products, they were
not on the list of exhibitors this year, Richard is a dealer he could probably expand.
Faroudja is a famous manufacturer of high quality scalers/video processors, they are not cheap
though, you might want to balance the video processor expenditure with the rest of your system,
Faroudja had been bought by Meridian and it is difficult to anticipate how their future video
processing would be under this arrangement, but at their booth they mixed hi-end audio with hi-end
video now.
Best Regards,
Rodolfo La Maestra
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Nicetry
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 2:45 AM
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Subject: Re: iscan vp 30
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Was planning to use the vp 30 to scale material from
lower resolutions such as super vhs , superbit dvds
Or standard def cable & sat to 1080i on Sony
KDSR60XBR1 or Pioneer Elite pro 1410-61 " plasma ?
Any commentary on either on these displays Or use with
VP 30 ?
What about Lumagen or Faroudja ?
Not worried Blue Ray or Hd - Dvd until format wars are
relatively settled and then a year or two before wide
accessbility in Canada
--- Rodolfo La Maestra <
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> Nicetry,
>
> What is your overall purpose of using the VP30,
> output resolution for your display?
>
> I assume that someone wanting such product has a
> quality FPTV system and expects 1080p processing,
> especially having Blu-ray outputting 1080p 24 and 60
> fps over HDMI in May by Pioneer (if you have
> $1800 in addition to the $2K of the VP30).
>
> The VP30 deinterlaces 1080i interpolating pixels on
> each 540 filed to create one 1080p frame, not
> weaving the two 540 fields with pixel-by-pixel
> motion adaptation inter-fields and frames as it
> should be if you expect maximum quality, it could
> show badly on large FP screens.
>
> They are working on their next model that would do
> that, the showed the new chip and a new scaler
> will be available for late 2006; they will have
> exchange programs crediting an amount of what the
> VP30 costs (more than the 50%) toward the purchase
> of the newer model, as they do today with the
> owners of their other models, nice feature of this
> company.
>
> The new implementation requires an entirely
> different design and larger bandwidth to been able
> to
> handle what proper 1080i deinterlacing requires,
> this upgrade is not as simple as opening the VP30
> and changing a chip or the entire board, it will
> require replacing power supply, board, memory,
> speed of processing for double the bandwidth, the
> entire box. This quality is what Faroudja does
> with their 1080p processors, reason by which they
> gained such respect.
>
> Another issue is the lack of 1080p pass-thru, which
> is something they indicated they will take care
> of it on the VP-30.
>
> I have all my notes on my CES meeting in a voice
> recorder, so I am just recalling part of the
> detail, the complete version will appear on the CES
> 2006 report, or a separate article if I am not
> able to produce one this year.
>
> If you have a display device like the plasma Elite
> that syncs and upconverts-frames at 3:3 72Hz for
> 24fps I would not use the VP30 for Blu-ray Elite,
> just send HDMI directly bypassing the VP30, let
> the plasma do the 24 to 72 magic, no fields, no 3:2
> pull-down artifacts.
>
> If you have (or plan to have) a FPTV that accepts
> 1080p 24fps or 60 fps, like the new 1080p
> projectors would do (Ruby, Qualia 004 w/upgrade,
> Optoma 81, new Sharp, etc.) I would do the same,
> send the 1080p directly.
>
> For other video processing than 1080p I would be
> careful about locking myself on any scaler that
> does not properly deinterlace 1080i and the upgrade
> is not sw based, but as with everything in
> high-end video/audio at the end of the day you
> choose your own poison, perhaps it does not look
> that
> bad to your eyes, maybe is less bad than waiting,
> perhaps you might want to choose another scaler
> now.
>
> I was planning to buy one myself for a 1080p
> projector/blu-ray combination, and I am changing
> gears
> after my meeting with DVDO.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Rodolfo La Maestra
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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> Nicetry
> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 2:12 AM
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> Subject: iscan vp 30
>
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>
> Anybody have experience with the Iscan vp 30 ?
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
>
>
>
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