Question:
Just wondered whether anyone knew if there was a clear winner between these two source for using on an AE100 pj (or any pj for that matter)?
(I had looked on the AVForums and found a thread discussing component v RGB v s-video but the forums appear to be down. They did say though that component was best.)
I'm in two minds as to whether a standalone DVD player with prog scan and component output is the thing to go for or a HTPC.
:confused:
In my opinion HTPC is the clear winner, but it depends on whether you want to just put a disc in the dvd player and hit play.
For normal DVD playing, component is not bad and does the job well. But if you want to be a power user, the HTPC is great as you can upscale the image, you can do filtering to the image, you can play anything your PC can play (if your dvd player can't), and so on.
I use HTPC running zoomplayer with the cineplayer video codec, and the windvd audio codec, in conjunction with ffdshow to slightly sharpen the picture, running at 1280x720p (obviously this gets downscaled back on the projector, but in my eyes still improves pic quality as the PC is a better scaler).
So anyway, do you want to put a disc in the player and watch it, or do you want to tweak and tweak a HTPC to get the best image quality?
EDIT: oh and a HTPC costs a fair bit more than a progressive DVD player
Originally posted by Jowser
I use HTPC running zoomplayer with the cineplayer video codec, and the windvd audio codec, in conjunction with ffdshow to slightly sharpen the picture, running at 1280x720p (obviously this gets downscaled back on the projector, but in my eyes still improves pic quality as the PC is a better scaler).
Obviously if it looks beter to you then you've made the right choice by getting the projector to downscale - but I understood that (with LCD projectors anyway) the best image quality was to get an exact pixel match between the LCD panel and the PC output - so no scaling occurs in the projector (obviously depends on the projector as to its scaling quality).
What you're doing is using the PC to scale up and then getting the projector to scale down which doesn't make sense as its two stages of scaling one of which may be weak
Phil
I am aware of that but I do run native 720p Hi-Def Video files on ocassion.
I think the HTPC is looking like the route I want to take since it offers far more flexability/tweakability. Now I just need to sort out a list of components to make up a system...
Originally posted by Jowser
I am aware of that but I do run native 720p Hi-Def Video files on ocassion.
I wasn't trying to suggest you weren't :)
What projector are you using then as it's own scaler sounds to be pretty good ?
Phil
(I had looked on the AVForums and found a thread discussing component v RGB v s-video but the forums appear to be down. They did say though that component was best.)
I'm in two minds as to whether a standalone DVD player with prog scan and component output is the thing to go for or a HTPC.
:confused:
Answers:
In my opinion HTPC is the clear winner, but it depends on whether you want to just put a disc in the dvd player and hit play.
For normal DVD playing, component is not bad and does the job well. But if you want to be a power user, the HTPC is great as you can upscale the image, you can do filtering to the image, you can play anything your PC can play (if your dvd player can't), and so on.
I use HTPC running zoomplayer with the cineplayer video codec, and the windvd audio codec, in conjunction with ffdshow to slightly sharpen the picture, running at 1280x720p (obviously this gets downscaled back on the projector, but in my eyes still improves pic quality as the PC is a better scaler).
So anyway, do you want to put a disc in the player and watch it, or do you want to tweak and tweak a HTPC to get the best image quality?
EDIT: oh and a HTPC costs a fair bit more than a progressive DVD player
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Originally posted by Jowser
I use HTPC running zoomplayer with the cineplayer video codec, and the windvd audio codec, in conjunction with ffdshow to slightly sharpen the picture, running at 1280x720p (obviously this gets downscaled back on the projector, but in my eyes still improves pic quality as the PC is a better scaler).
Obviously if it looks beter to you then you've made the right choice by getting the projector to downscale - but I understood that (with LCD projectors anyway) the best image quality was to get an exact pixel match between the LCD panel and the PC output - so no scaling occurs in the projector (obviously depends on the projector as to its scaling quality).
What you're doing is using the PC to scale up and then getting the projector to scale down which doesn't make sense as its two stages of scaling one of which may be weak
Phil
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I am aware of that but I do run native 720p Hi-Def Video files on ocassion.
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I think the HTPC is looking like the route I want to take since it offers far more flexability/tweakability. Now I just need to sort out a list of components to make up a system...
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Originally posted by Jowser
I am aware of that but I do run native 720p Hi-Def Video files on ocassion.
I wasn't trying to suggest you weren't :)
What projector are you using then as it's own scaler sounds to be pretty good ?
Phil
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