Good afternoon!
Long story very short, I was one of the lucky ones to grow up with LD in the '80s. As with many, I lost touch with it as newer tech emerged. Thanks to my dad, and his impressive collection of players and discs, I have been reunited and have quickly fallen down the rabbit hole.
I have a Pioneer CLD-2080 piped through a Pioneer VXS-D703S to an RCA 22" CRT. The setup works well enough; the PQ is good and the stereo sound is great. However ...
I want to watch my growing LD collection on my Visio E601iA3. After connecting the player via composite, and hooking up the audio via optical cable to my Sony HTCT660, I was devastated by the PQ. The stereo remained quite good, though not as impressive as through the Pioneer receiver.
After reading many articles here (my favorite being
How are your newer tvs not analog doing playing laserdiscs?), my question is as follows:
What's more important ... de-interlacing for a progressive picture or investing in a very good comb filter to fix the composite signal? My LCD has a pathetic 2D filter.
Thanks for your time and thoughts!