Video Asylum

Posted by Lasermeister (A) on February 22, 2002 at 17:41:18

In Reply to: Question for I-Scan owners posted by JoshK on February 22, 2002 at 13:21:20:

A local high end retailer told me that a sales rep for this brand reported that the build quality is weak, similar to the old Audio Alchemy stuff, and the power supplies are particularly prone to failure. While there are no doubt many of these units delivering good performance and certainly excellent value for the money, keep in mind the old saying that you generally get what you pay for. OTOH, you could buy several of these for the cost of one Faroudja unit. I would still go for the Faroudja, but it's your money.

The reports I've heard on digital cable is that it can be pretty bad. I hope it's not as bad as my parents' Dish Network satellite system, which I think has an okay picture at best and unfortunately, a frequently horrible one (on a regular analog TV). I would hate to think what it would look like on a digital TV with the fairly mediocre line doubler one typically finds in these units. Bleh!

Todd