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Author: | kencol [ 11 Aug 2018, 12:46 ] |
Post subject: | Re: Sony MBD-XBR950 |
How did you get on with further testing? Is it comparable to lumagen filter? Always interesting to see the performance of a new/old bit of video processing hardware. |
Author: | pbiancardi [ 13 Aug 2018, 19:11 ] |
Post subject: | Re: Sony MBD-XBR950 |
kencol wrote: How did you get on with further testing? Is it comparable to lumagen filter? Always interesting to see the performance of a new/old bit of video processing hardware. The comb filter is excellent, the moving orb and 300 / 400 boxes are very similar to the Lumagen. That said I don' think it does quite as good of a job overall as the Lumagen but I think that would be asking a bit much anyway. I did talk to someone else who also gets the same AR issues but was not able to correct with a DVDO (it must not accept this resolution) so not sure this model is going to be very useful to anyone. I do have the model with s-video out coming this week to see if that solves the AR issues. |
Author: | kencol [ 13 Aug 2018, 21:59 ] |
Post subject: | Re: Sony MBD-XBR950 |
I’ve ordered an MBT-XBR900L and also the MBT-MRL1 which looks like the euro version but without s-video output. I’m guessing the ideal would be to have the s-video output a combed 480i and then let a more advanced modern processor do the ADC to get decent de-interlacing and upscaling. I’ll be interested to see how the comb filter handles motion/scene changes. A good orb test can mean you get the dreaded checkerboarding. I love cranking a 3D comb to get a super sharp picture but hate the motion artefacts it can produce. This is why the lumagen is so good as it gives the best of both. Really weird resolution being output from the DVI on this unit. Hopefully I’ll have something that can read it. |
Author: | pbiancardi [ 13 Aug 2018, 22:03 ] |
Post subject: | Re: Sony MBD-XBR950 |
kencol wrote: I’ve ordered an MBT-XBR900L and also the MBT-MRL1 which looks like the euro version but without s-video output. I’m guessing the ideal would be to have the s-video output a combed 480i and then let a more advanced modern processor do the ADC to get decent de-interlacing and upscaling. I’ll be interested to see how the comb filter handles motion/scene changes. A good orb test can mean you get the dreaded checkerboarding. I love cranking a 3D comb to get a super sharp picture but hate the motion artefacts it can produce. This is why the lumagen is so good as it gives the best of both. Really weird resolution being output from the DVI on this unit. Hopefully I’ll have something that can read it. This thing doesn't have artifacting. |
Author: | signofzeta [ 13 Aug 2018, 22:19 ] |
Post subject: | Re: Sony MBD-XBR950 |
pbiancardi wrote: kencol wrote: How did you get on with further testing? Is it comparable to lumagen filter? Always interesting to see the performance of a new/old bit of video processing hardware. The comb filter is excellent, the moving orb and 300 / 400 boxes are very similar to the Lumagen. That said I don' think it does quite as good of a job overall as the Lumagen but I think that would be asking a bit much anyway. I did talk to someone else who also gets the same AR issues but was not able to correct with a DVDO (it must not accept this resolution) so not sure this model is going to be very useful to anyone. I do have the model with s-video out coming this week to see if that solves the AR issues. If what’s coming out of the s-video is screwed then it’s almost definitely a setting somewhere in the box. Nobody on earth has any use for an s-video signal that is weird and unlike the matching display the s-video isn’t meant for something that is borderline proprietary. I’m honestly sort of hoping the s-video is messed up exactly like the DVI. That would mean these things could be fixed. I’d imagine it’s probably standard though and works fine. |
Author: | rein-o [ 13 Aug 2018, 23:10 ] |
Post subject: | Re: Sony MBD-XBR950 |
Makes me want to get one and try it on my 13 inch CRT to see what happens. I'm sure there is a dip setting inside that could be adjusted. |
Author: | pbiancardi [ 13 Aug 2018, 23:27 ] |
Post subject: | Re: Sony MBD-XBR950 |
rein-o wrote: Makes me want to get one and try it on my 13 inch CRT to see what happens. I'm sure there is a dip setting inside that could be adjusted. I looked inside, nothing obvious. |
Author: | pbiancardi [ 14 Aug 2018, 00:00 ] |
Post subject: | Re: Sony MBD-XBR950 |
This setting is awfully cool, you can fine tune sharpness vs smoothness perfectly for your preference. |
Author: | takeshi666 [ 14 Aug 2018, 00:43 ] |
Post subject: | Re: Sony MBD-XBR950 |
Any idea if/how this thing handles PAL/NTSC? |
Author: | pbiancardi [ 14 Aug 2018, 22:04 ] |
Post subject: | Re: Sony MBD-XBR950 |
Definitely give DVD recorders a run for their money as a comb filter in front of a DVDO or similar - |
Author: | rein-o [ 14 Aug 2018, 22:40 ] |
Post subject: | Re: Sony MBD-XBR950 |
WOW even if this is half as good as the lumagen its 98% cheaper. |
Author: | kencol [ 14 Aug 2018, 22:42 ] |
Post subject: | Re: Sony MBD-XBR950 |
Is the DVI on the 900 still outputting a weird res with right side squeezed? |
Author: | pbiancardi [ 14 Aug 2018, 23:01 ] |
Post subject: | Re: Sony MBD-XBR950 |
kencol wrote: Is the DVI on the 900 still outputting a weird res with right side squeezed? Hard to say because it's in a wide zoom or something I can't get it out of. |
Author: | kencol [ 15 Aug 2018, 15:31 ] |
Post subject: | Re: Sony MBD-XBR950 |
pbiancardi wrote: Hard to say because it's in a wide zoom or something I can't get it out of. That's good if the DVI is in a Wide Zoom mode and the s-video isn't affected as it's more likely that the processing is isolated to DVI. Would be nice to get the monitor and test it though. |
Author: | pbiancardi [ 15 Aug 2018, 16:02 ] |
Post subject: | Re: Sony MBD-XBR950 |
kencol wrote: pbiancardi wrote: Hard to say because it's in a wide zoom or something I can't get it out of. That's good if the DVI is in a Wide Zoom mode and the s-video isn't affected as it's more likely that the processing is isolated to DVI. Would be nice to get the monitor and test it though. I would say the S-Video isn't processed but the DVI is with almost absolute certainty just based on what my eyes tell me, its a nice clean S-Video signal that a good video processor can do a lot with. |
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