signofzeta wrote:
I’d recomend a new Bravia for like $1000. Plug your LD player straight into it.
IMHO, with some new TVs you can go back to using nothing, such as the 2017 4K Bravia line.
I'd have to somewhat agree here. I have a 2015 Sony 4K and the composite input, de-interlacing and scaling are pretty damn good compared to my Faroudja DVP-1010 using the DVI (HDMI) output.
Thanks to dual video outputs of most LD players I often times switch back and forth from HDMI to composite just to justify using something between the payer and the monitor. It is VERY close.
I've set up both inputs using Video Essentials so they're both "calibrated". The Sony wins the SW test, but again not by much.
The Faroudja edges out the TV but just barely and I think it may be subjective in the end. If I didn't have the Faroudja DVP I'd be ok except for the FOMO aspect of video processors that cost $3K. I found the Faroudja locally for $125 so not much of risk there. I now feel that other than going to something out of my price range, I've got the best I can get out of LD on a LCD display.
To me the advantages of a "magic box" are: a more stable image (TBC?), better chroma, an HDMI input, no zooming in on widescreen movies.