a) Will there be a DVI output, either retrofittable, or from factory to the current Meridian DVD player, or to the DVD-A player when released ?
Are DVI transmit/receive chips available mainstream yet? Silicon Image was showing off DVI at CES, but I don't really know of many products that are currently using it.
If DVI takes off, the 800 will have no problems supporting it or any other interface. There looks to be room on the back of the 596 for more outputs too. Will Meridian support it? Only they know the answer to that and it might even be to soon for them to know.
The most important thing is a unified standard. Until everyone has agreed, what is the point?
b) Does this render any external processors obsolete when the projector has a DVI input ?
If the DVI input on the projector only accepts digital DVI, then sure. If a projector will still accept analog high scan rate sources, then the answer is I don't know.
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this would be the case of which does a better job de-interlacing and scaling.
If you are using a digital display, then it would be great to keep the signal in the digital domain the entire time.
c) If not, can a Cinematrix PSM1 board be fiited to the current DVD player or the future DVD-A player ?
The current board has a few issues, then again, what doesn't? It is not capable of passing below black or above white. I have seen a prototype that dropped the single rail power supply for a bipolar. But then the output was 110 Ohm instead of 75 Ohm. Once you clean that up you still have combing. If Thomas would switch to either the Silicon Image or Sage solution, it would get better.
d) Is this cinematrix board any good ? (iDVDo springs to mind here too..)
It is great in the sense that they offer so much for ~$700. This alone should apply pressure to the others that need the nudge.
f) Who is using a CRT, again same as above....
7" CRT running @ 720p, which is causing overlap on my CRT. 87" wide 16x9 Stewart 1.3 gain screen. (100" diagonal.)
g) What video equipment sits inbetween the DVD and the projector input ?
proper video cables and a video processor.
h) What is the best option when buying let's say an infocus LP350 with DVI input, concerning video processors and players ?
Does it only accept DVI input? Can you feed it a 480p signal?
i) What will the Cinematrix board / iDVDo have for result when using either with CRT or DLP, does this differ ?
The Cinematrix will scale the output to different resolutions but it's de-interlacing is not up to the task. Having 3-2 pulldown detection is no longer enough. They should all handle bad edits and at least motion adaptive de-interlacing for video material.
The DVDO is a de-interlacer only so it will not scale. (480i/576i -> 480p/576p out)
j) Concerned about the refresh rates and frequency, is flicker visible with a CRT. I remember I could not stand a CRT computer monitor. Even at 75hz the flicker drives me nuts, so I bought a LCD display.
Flicker depends on lighting condition. If you have a darker room, flicker is much less evident, unless you are watching that 50Hz stuff!
m) Any other pointers here, things I am overlooking ?
How many sources do you have or plan to use with the projector? How good is your light control? What color are you walls, floors, and ceiling?
If you are going to use a digital display you can't use a perf screen. Of course you should never use a perf screen, its the worst of both worlds.
[This message has been edited by sspears (edited 07-02-2001).]
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