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I still run my X1, going on 4 years this month. It has a Faroudja unit built in, but of course with 4 year old technology....
The manual states that one can input a 1080i feed into the VGA port with a breakout cable meant for that (component to VGA).
I don't have the funds to replace the PJ (will replace it when the bulb burns out), but would like to get the absolute best possible picture from it. I'm replacing my 84" 4:3 screen with a 110" 16:9 unit which is arriving around the 8th.
Would an upscaling DVD player be an advantage? What do the component outs go up to? I don't really buy movies (I've had DVD players since the very beginning and maybe have 25 movies in my room), rent only unless they're in the "same price as renting bin", as I really rarely watch a movie more than once (if that makes a dent in anybody's reply).
I'm also considering an HD cable box, but admittedly I don't watch TV down there too often (usually music or movies only), so not sure if I'll bother with this option.
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Commercially-available "upscaling" DVD players only "upscale" via their digital outputs (DVI or HDMI). Copy protection schemes built into commercial DVDs and DVD players limit component video output of commercial material to 480p. There are supposed to be ways to get around these schemes, and there have been players that could be "hacked" to allow higher-than-480p output from component video, but all have limitations/compromises.
If you want higher-than-480p resolution, you could get a Blu-ray player and watch Blu-ray discs. Blu-ray players can output 1080i via component video from Blu-ray discs that allow hi-rez output from component video (most, if not all, Blu-ray discs currently do). Note that a Blu-ray player will not output higher than 480p from component video on regular DVDs, so there will be no benefit gained there.
Component outs on upscaling players can deliver 1080i/p as you prefer.
Will an upscaling player be better? Yes, if it's got better upscaling than your projector, no if it doesn't. The only way to find out is to compare. I suspect the better recent upscaling players may be better than your projector but a lot of the budget upscalers may very well not be.
David Aiken
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