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Post subject: Video Processing question for the Noobie. Posted: 17 Jan 2015, 01:44 |
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Hey guys.
So I've had a fascination with laserdisc ever since I was a kid. A few months ago I pulled the trigger, blindly buying a player and 100 discs.
The player was an NEC LD-2000, I plugged it into my mediocre insignia flatscreen 47" Lcd tv via S-Video cable, and was instantly disappointed. I read up on how s-video isn't the way to go on modern televisions, and bought myself an upscaler and went high end composite cables to the upscaler to hdmi out. Still not much better.
I decided since I'm an adult now with somewhat disposable income, that I should do the irresponsible thing, and just throw more money at another player haha. On the suggestion of multiple forums, I went with the Pioneer CLD-D704.
The 704 came in the mail from ebay today. I plugged her in, and was once again totally disappointed with a super grainy image. I bought the Video Essentials Laserdisc, but I don't think it's going to do a whole lot for the grainy picture that is driving me nuts.
I've always been a big vintage guy, so my power amp is this ancient analog thing, with no video.
Is an amp with video processing going to help me out at this stage? A stand alone video processor perhaps? Anyone have any suggestions?
Cheers, Aaron
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Post subject: Re: Video Processing question for the Noobie. Posted: 19 Jan 2015, 05:07 |
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Thanks for the response Dunerider.
I ended up picking up the same Panasonic DVD recorder that you suggested (craigslist $40), but it came without a remote. I'm running it through there now, and it looks pretty damn good. Did you use the remote to dial in any sort of picture adjustment? I'm clueless about how versatile that thing is.
Cheers.
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Post subject: Re: Video Processing question for the Noobie. Posted: 20 Jan 2015, 04:29 |
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Killer, just ordered the remote. I tried the HDMI, but was less happy with the picture quality than with the composite. To be fair though, I had been messing with the TV settings a bunch, and I should probably try it again.
Those DVDO units look like they do a pretty awesome job as well. Unfortunately those don't go cheap on ebay.
On a side note, my NEC unit I bought looks way better than the Pioneer CLD-D704 I got to try and fix my picture quality problem. I can't find anything at all about it online. If you ever come across one, get it. I'm planning on posting a bunch of pics and specs on here in the near future.
Again, I really appreciate your help on this one.
Cheers, Aaron.
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Post subject: Re: Video Processing question for the Noobie. Posted: 20 Jan 2015, 05:46 |
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Looks worse with the HDMI.... I was wondering why.
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Post subject: Re: Video Processing question for the Noobie. Posted: 20 Jan 2015, 17:20 |
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iridelambretta wrote: Looks worse with the HDMI.... I was wondering why. Getting the most of LD is certainly trial and error as I have recently discovered. That said, the HDMI - is it 1080i or 720p that you are using? The interlace on the 1080i certainly won't look great. But you will need the remote to mess with most of the settings. I will say you can improve the picture greatly with that unit so find what works best for your setup. I can't find many specifics, but the Video DAC is listed as 12 bit. Not sure if there is a differentiation for component/HDMI.
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Post subject: Re: Video Processing question for the Noobie. Posted: 20 Jan 2015, 19:29 |
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I think this topic has been gone over more than anything else in the history of the world. as dunerider says, it is trial and error to figure out what is best to your eye. if you just got into LD and think that you can dial it in to make it look like bluray you are lying to yourself. if you know what LD should look like then you can dial it in and make it work with todays technology. I myself have my LD straight from the player using composite into a 480 DLP projector throwing an 80" screen and it looks great. to my eye it looks the same as the DVD which I have running HDMI into said projector. and I have my LD straight from the player into my LED 32 inch 720 television and it looks great, I want to say sometimes it even looks better than my old CRT just know what LD is and what it will look like. you can get a really nice satisfying image with or without a scaler ________________________________ the rein-o official signature:
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