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centaurus3200 · **Posted:** 15 Jan 2023, 08:48

My wife and I watched a few movies after I futzed around with the VP30. First was the 1997 deluxe edition of the fifth element... Then the visual p0rn that is the criterion brahm stokers Dracula in CAV.

Played with using composite via a blue jeans belden 75ohm cable with canare RCAs and a monster cable S video. Composite using the VP30's comb filter decisively won. The CLD79's with its own filter was just too soft IMHO.

I still have no idea what I'm doing with the VP30 settings, but seems film deinterlacing, 4:3 input , 1080p 16:9 output (I tried 480p and 720p) and AR at 1.78 works much better than having composite straight to my 42GT25. My panny plasma probably has a superior comb filter but the ld straight into it and zooming cuts off way too much of the picture. And the zoom is so drastic, it's soft.

Yeah, I think I'm stretching a touch, but much less than the usual sin. It's not very noticeable.

Anyway, having a lot of fun being a total dork!