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Stephan - are you implying that the projector (not the processor) will accept 1080p48 but will display it internally at 60Hz?
No, the projector will work fine with 1080p48, it's the processor that is useless because it will output 50/60Hz. But this shows that Meridian/Faroudja lacks behinds the competition. Meridian is a high-end company and should offer the best possible. 48Hz playback (in any form, be it 1080p48, 1080p24 or 1080p24sf) is essential. There really is no excuse for a 50/60Hz only processor.

Reminds me of what Tag McLaren did years ago when I saw their prototype processor compared to a Snell and Wilcox Interpolator Gold on a Barco Cine 9. I asked Udo Zucker (ex Tag CEO) if the processor would do 48Hz and he told me that 24/48fps is so cinema and since Tag wants to do better than cinema, they'll do 50/60Hz. And because 50/60 is more than 48 it's better, since more is always better... :rolleyes:


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Sort of puts in perspective how good value a second user CRT really is.
Value possibly... but I honestly would never go back to CRT again. Been using it for years and besides the on/off CR, a good digital such as the Qualia 004 or now the Ruby (and units from JVC, DPI, Meridian, ...) will do everything better than CRT. I'll still give the CR to a CRT, but that's really it. I still have a 9" CRT sitting unused in my basement. I've only used it for some comparisons of digital vs. CRT and never touched it again ever since. Will have to put it on eBay at some point... and this is coming from an ex-hardcore CRT freak.

- Stephan