RE: wow, you know your stuff!

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Posted by cfraser (A) on June 30, 2011 at 18:20:00

In Reply to: wow, you know your stuff! posted by centaurus3200 on June 30, 2011 at 14:30:17:

I don't *really* know my stuff, it's just that I ran into some similar problems trying to find a "good" display for SD video.

Yes, SD=standard definition, let's say anything below 720p to cover all the bases.

I have never used an upscaler myself. My friends with projectors have them. Mostly they were for regular TV signals and DVD, and to get an aspect ratio or custom size that built-in upscalers couldn't do.

LED=LCD display with LED backlighting (regular LCD uses fluorescent lighting). Yes, I meant that plasma is the preferred PQ choice, if it otherwise suits. Plasma uses more power and can make the room hotter too (not much in 42" though), and requires some sort of room lighting control (though not nearly as much as for a projector) i.e. darkish. LCD is much much better in a bright room, and is better for static images (perhaps some games).

Basically I meant that I would guess the SD upscaling ability of a given current display model would have greater effect on the picture quality than the CF differences between models. I don't think too many display manufacturers are concentrating on SD performance, so you just have to try displays to find one that happens to be OK with SD. Or find somebody with very current experience, display guts change at the drop of a hat these days.

I think the best DVD audio would surpass most LD audio. BD audio is at least that good, and can be (usually is) lossless audio of a very nice quality. It can easily tax a very fine audio system i.e. the BD source will likely not be your sonic limitation. Not saying it's as great as the greatest analog, but it's very good and quite flexible too. [Edit: sorry, I was thinking of BD audio discs there, and not so much the audio tracks of BD movies, which are also very decent.]

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Topic - What LED TV mates well with a laserdisc player? - centaurus3200 22:00:21 06/29/11 (16)

what about people saying plasma have burn-in issues? - centaurus3200 15:21:23 07/01/11 (2)

every display technology has issues - Joe Murphy Jr 10:05:07 07/02/11 (1)

Thanks Joe! - centaurus3200 12:11:56 07/03/11 (0)

3 things - Joe Murphy Jr 14:45:02 06/30/11 (6)

cool - my response - centaurus3200 15:29:57 06/30/11 (5)

well - Joe Murphy Jr 10:31:22 07/01/11 (4)

thanks Joe! - centaurus3200 11:42:08 07/01/11 (3)

LCD vrs Plasma - Jack Williams 13:33:53 07/02/11 (2)

2nd That ! - Ross 07:32:25 07/04/11 (0)

advertising - Joe Murphy Jr 19:15:02 07/02/11 (0)

RE: What LED TV mates well with a laserdisc player? - cfraser 13:05:12 06/30/11 (5)

wow, you know your stuff! - centaurus3200 14:30:17 06/30/11 (4)

RE: wow, you know your stuff! - cfraser 18:20:00 06/30/11 (0)

audio - Joe Murphy Jr 15:12:54 06/30/11 (2)

thanks, i don't use surround sound - centaurus3200 15:34:02 06/30/11 (1)

stereo: digital and analog - Joe Murphy Jr 19:11:55 06/30/11 (0)

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RE: wow, you know your stuff! - cfraser 18:20:00 06/30/11 (0)

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