HDMI si Upscaling
HD Ready
Cand mi-am luat plasma, am vazut ca marcajul HD Ready vine si cu cel putin o mufa HDMI, dar nu credeam ca o sa o folosesc vreodata.
Playerele HDMI erau inca foarte la inceput, asa ca a fost o investitie in viitor.
Anul trecut am primit cadou un sistem 5.1 LG, dar am uitat ca are si HDMI. Ieri am sters praful si cu aceasta ocazie am vazut ca are mufa HDMI. Am dat fuga la Media Galaxy si am cumparat un cablu dedicat.
Am descoperit ca playerul LG stie sa faca Upscaling la rezolutie -> 1080i (doar pe conexiune HDMI), iar rezultatele au fost incredibile.
Am testat cu un DVD original si diferenta a fost uluitoare, mai ales ca puteam sa vad realtime diferentele intre original (576p/i) si rezolutie HDMI (1080i) !
Utilizand un DVD-Rip Xvid HD, rezultatele au fost chiar mai bune decat la DVD-ul original 
Concluzia este ca in acest moment, cand playerele si discurile Blu-Ray sunt scumpe si destul de rare, o investitie intr-un player cu facilitati de upscaling este o idee buna
Recomand EBODA HDMI 900 + firmware nou de la MTZ.
EBODA HDMI 900
The idea behind upconverting DVD players is that when a DVD player is connected to an HDTV, especially one of the fixed pixel display type such as LCD, Plasma display, or DLP and Lcos projection TV, scaling happens anyway, either inside the player or inside the TV. By performing the scaling closer to the source inside the DVD player, the video scaler gets to work with the original signal without the concern of transmission error or interference. There exists independent benchmark test[1] verifying that some upconverting DVD players do produce better video quality. However, remember under no circumstances will an upscaling/upconverting DVD player provide “high-definition content”, since video information can only be retained or lost in each successive conversion step, but not created.
Colegii de la Gadgets mi-au soptit ca Toshiba, dupa ce a pierdut razboiul formatelor HD-DVD vs BluRay, se concentreaza puternic asupra playerelor cu facilitati de upscaling.
Mai nou, facilitatile de upscaling vor fi implementate in TV
Toshiba’s new Regza ZF HDTVs don’t upscale your DVDs to HD resolution with any old chipset or engine: they do it with a Cell-processor based system. Bonkers! It’s the first TV to upscale with a Cell, and according to its European executive vice president, Toshiba’s future “does not involve Blu-ray disc” but will use this sort of tech to deliver high-res imagery. The upscaling system uses the Cell for some advanced image-processing techniques, creating interpolated pixels to give the final image “near-HD” quality. The sets will also have Active Vision M100 100Hz HD picture processing, 178-degree viewing angle, 30,000:1 contrast ratio and 10-bit processing. The ZF TVs will be in 40- and 46-inch sizes, the 40-inch out now with pricing of around $2,390, the 46-pricing and availability is not announced yet.