In Reply to: El cheapo Faroudja not necessarily a good DVD solution... posted by oscar on February 12, 2004 at 20:41:38:
Possible downside to Sharp:
Does it end up with a 480p, 720p or 1080i signal being sent to the screen? The Faroudja chip may not be the problem: what happens once a signal gets into the Sharp may be the problem. It may not handle a progressive signal, (possible) interlacing and the subsequent scaling as well as it does when it receives an interlaced signal.Possible downside to Faroudja:
This chip has several different settings. Some manufacturers allow adjustment to the settings and others "lock-in" to a particular setting. The chip in the Philips 962 may lock-in to a setting that your Sharp doesn't like. For example, the Samsung HD-931 DVD player uses a Faroudja solution that is non-adjustable. It is locked to the highest setting and causes severe edge enhancement on large screens/displays.
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Follow Ups
- Maybe. Maybe not. - Joe Murphy Jr 21:31:46 02/12/04 (1)
- Re: Maybe. Maybe not. - oscar 05:33:28 02/13/04 (0)