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Originally posted by RLiddell:
I guess that I am one of the lucky ones, I have both the source and a couple of HD-DVD's (Phantom of the Opera and Serenity). My system is comprised of the following: G68ADV, DSP speakers, a Sony Ruby projector and a DVDO VP30. Here are my initial impressions : The picture is very good, however, I was left feeling somewhat disappointed, expecting a much bigger improvement (my screen size is 132", 16 X 9). I guess I have reached that point of diminishing returns or maybe the DVDO is not the best scaler for the Ruby. SD DVD's upscaled through the VP30 and played through the Ruby were very, very good. The Toshiba A1 with high def material probably gives you a 12-15% increase in sharpness (this is subjective, of course).

Rudy
So like I said previously, this is why I'm not that excited about HD DVD and I don't think it will make it. The improvement really isn't worth it and then there is the copy protection. Do these disc's have the flag to stop the use of the analog outputs at full resolution?

I am getting a player to try out this weekend so I am a curious to see for myself. smile I still have that early adoption bug but this isn't going to be my player. It's for someone else.

Ron

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