gumbyandpals wrote:
I have an HD CRT directview set that can display 480p or 1080i without scaling. All other resolutions are scaled to one of these two.
I picked up a Faroudja NRS that's currently set to 720p output and I'm considering upgrading it for multiple resolutions.
What I'm wondering is which resolution, 480p or 1080i would be preferable to scale LD to? 1080i obviously gibes you more picture information but takes more digital scaling and processing. 480p would be essentially de-interlaced and then "scaled" in an analog way to fill the screen due to how CRTs work.
480p is what I'm leaning toward because at the current output of 720p it seems to be magnifying some of the defects in the video during the scaling process. I feel the lower resolution 480p would hide some of that. I suppose I won't know until I try it out but I'm looking for opinions and thoughts.
I agree. To get it to 1080i, it would still have to first be deinterlaced to be able to scale it and then be interlaced again. Although, if you can go back and forth between 1080i and 480p, I guess you can always just try both.