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Your sage advice is respectfully requested.I'm outputting an interlaced signal from a dvd player (Pioneer Elite DV-05) into a line doubler (Runco SC3050) and then to a CRT front projector (Seleco 700).
1. Is the output from my doubler (de-interlaced signal?) the same as the output from a progressive DVD player?
2. If the answer to question 1 is "yes," is a progressive player nevertheless likely to produce a better signal due to improvements in technology relative to my aging doubler (Faroudja circuits, etc.)?
3. Do all progressive players use component outputs to pass their signal?
4. My doubler does have a pass-through - I believe its a 15-pin computer-type connector (DB-15?). Assuming that the answer to question 3 is "yes," could I somehow use this pass-through to accept the output from a progressive player?
5. If there is a benefit to using a progressive player over a doubler, and I can somehow use one in my system, which one should I buy (max $1500)?
6. If I cannot benefit from progressive output, will the current crop of $1500 players provide me with a better interlaced picture than my Pioneer Elite DV-05? If so, which one to buy?
My research on this site re: questions 5 and 6 suggests that one of the Panasonic players might be a good choice, but opinions seem to vary as to which is the top Panasonic player (RP-91 vs.RP-82). Furthermore, it seems that the choice might be dependent upon whether the its the progressive outputs or the interlaced outputs.
Help!
Thanks very much for your time and advice.
Wayne
Follow Ups:
Thanks guys!
Wayne
Hey Wayne,1. Yep
2. Yep
3. The vast majority have the progressive output avaliable via componet video only. A very few also provide RGB outputs...the Krell DVD Standard is the only such model I know of, for sure.
4. You might be able to use the pass through you mentioned. I'm quasi familiar with that scaler...actually my expirence is with the SC4050, but probably close enough. Anyway, my memory is a bit foggy, but I remember having some trouble sending the VGA output of said Krell DVD Standard through the VGA pass through input on the 4050. I can't recall all the details, but I do remember that we ended up installing a Extron VGA switcher to bypass the problem. I'm not sure if the "problem" was the Runco CRT, scaler, or Krell DVD? You might give it a whirl. You might be able to use a VGA/RGB breakout cable, hook the componet outputs to the pass through and then set the projector to "sync on green". That means the projector will look for they sync commands on the green cable instead of their own seperate cables. The basic difference between VGA and componet is that VGA has seperate conductors for Hsync and Vsync where componet carries that info on the green cable.
The problem with setting the sync to green on the projector itself, for the pass through is that the scalers output is "regular" VGA with dedicated sync lines...could be messy? Breakout cables are cheap...I'd give it a try. Extron switchers are $600 and up...that'd be the "other" soloution.
5. Beats me...other inmates that follow current DVD hardware trends more closely could probably give a better recommendation.
6. See #5.
Hope I was of some help,
:-)
Steve
The AVS forum has several current threads on just these topics. Short answer is RP82 for $200, you can see the various HT A/V site "authorities" suggest this too, vs much more expensive players and line doublers. A line doubler in a projector has to work a lot harder to match a good one in a DVDP, most don't, some in very expensive projectors do and surpass them. Progressive output is always component and uses RCA connectors. You could easily make/acquire an adapter. I would not be surprised if regular DB15 to 5 sets of RCA connector video cables would work for the pass-through, but don't know...My experience is the RP82 looks just as good in interlaced as progressive, and sometimes the interlaced looks a tiny tiny bit better. There is also a very recent thread on that on HT SPot in the Panny forum.
Bottom line: most video stuff a year old has been surpassed by something better for roughly half the price. That's the way it goes in some advanced tech arenas.
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