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Post subject: Re: Projector Home Theater Thread - Gallery and Projector To Posted: 12 Feb 2014, 00:40 |
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substance wrote: Sorry guys but receivers and projectors are not scalars. A video processor is not all about the chip in it. It really is a small part of it. Could you elaborate on this a little... As I understand it, a scaler is simply a component that takes a signal and converts into a higher resolution signal. Receivers and projectors essentially are devices with scalers built in. There are bad and good stand alone scalers, and there are good and bad scalers built into receivers/projectors (although I have never seen a great scaler in a projector alone, I have seen really good scalers in high end receivers and other components (the oppo digital blu-ray players come to mind)).
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Post subject: Re: Projector Home Theater Thread - Gallery and Projector To Posted: 13 Feb 2014, 00:08 |
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If you really mean strictly a "scalar" then yes all receivers, projectors, even TVs have one built in. I was assuming you meant a video processor then nearly none of the projectors, TVs, receivers have one built in. Of course in the sense of a modern video processor circa 2006+. If you compare your receiver to a faroudja from 2001 then yes your receiver will do a better job.
Lets check the list
EDID overwrite(to force you cable box etc.. for native output) advance aspect ratio management including CIH(constant image height) modes, masking, over scan, position compensation, etc.. De-interlacing modes, (forced film mode come to mind) selectable multiple scaling algorithms (sharper, more aggressive for less compress vs. smoother for high compressed sources) Y/C delay compensation(essential for most LD gear) Programmable profiles(so film material is output at 1080p24 where video is 1080p60 or 50 etc..) CMS(color management system), secondary colors, gamma booster, isf modes Colorspace management (match your displays native processing colorspace for lesser internal conversions) Source(profiles) specific picture management(adjust each dvd, ld, bd separately) and cms, colorspace, de-interlacing mode, scaling mode, etc.. I can probably add a few more if I think further.
You can buy a lumagen radiance XS or XE for around $1000-1200. DVDO Iscan Duo and Crystalio II are much less around $1000-800. Anything older than Iscan duo lacks so many features, I don't recommend anything older. Vp50pro is good if you are really after best de-interlacing but missing CMS.
If you are already in projectors setup, another $1000 is well-worth investment. Once you have one of the above VPs in your system, you would never step down especially if you deal with subpar formats like DVD, cable/satellite, LD.
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