Question for I-Scan owners

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I have read a bit about the Silicon Image I-Scan, both the V2 and the Pro. I recently got a Panasonic 42" Plasma (this week) and I am on a waiting list for the Pan RP91 (spse to be Feb 28)....oh and I have digital cable as my building won't allow satellites. I find the beautiful picture and resolution of the plasma to be a double edge sword. The analog channels are pretty bad. I was considering getting the V2 (@$455) for use with my digital cable box. My cable technician is suppose to come out next Saturday to replace my box with one that has both digital out and S-vid out, the s-vid out I would use into the V2. The composite input on the V2 I would occasionally use for playing Tony Hawks PSII on PSX.
My questions are these. Do you think the V2 will make a significant improvement to normal cable channels in order to justify the modest price? Would anyone venture to speculate whether the internal deinterlacing of the RP91 or the Pro's deinterlacer, using the RP91 interlaced component out, would make the better picture, or am I splitting hairs?
If I understand correctly, the pro adds three things, component in, PAL and SECAM capatability and color/picture adjustment. I don't think I would need the color/picture adj feature with the plasma, since the plasma can do all that well enough. I have no clue about the PAL and SECAM, but I live in the US, so do I need this? If the RP91 and I-Scan are comparable on deinterlacing then I don't need the third so spending the extra $200 ($649) would be pointless.
Anything else I missed in my logic?
Thanks,
Josh

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Topic - Question for I-Scan owners - JoshK 13:21:20 02/22/02 (6)

Re: Question for I-Scan owners - lwang 23:47:02 02/22/02 (3)

Thanks for the info - JoshK 09:10:35 02/23/02 (2)

Re: Thanks for the info - lwang 23:03:54 02/23/02 (1)

Thanks again - JoshK 15:42:05 02/24/02 (0)

Yes, the build quality - Lasermeister 17:41:18 02/22/02 (1)

Somehow I find spending as much on a Faroudja as I did on the plasma a cardinal sin... - JoshK 20:07:35 02/22/02 (0)

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