I just purchased a Samsung LN46A750 LCD tv. I'm not running Blu Ray through it, just cable and dvd. I'm not liking, or should I say, I'm still getting used to the digital picture. My girlfriend even commented on how movies have a documentary feel about it.
I just bought a FullHD HDMI card for my Sony G70. I'm worried that I'm gonna lose that CRT "film like" feel. What exactly will I notice picture wise when I put the HDMI card in? I will use a Sony 350 Blu Ray player with the G70. I'm just afraid I'm gonna get the same digital feel that I'm getting with the Samsung LCD.

The New Moome Full-HD HDMI card has D/A chips in it 1 for each R.G.B channel so it converts the HDMI digital input signal to Analog in the Moome card so the G70 will except it, all CRT based Displays are Analog...

You will have much better film like picture quality with the Moome Full-HD internal card compared to the 5 BNC input on the G70.. But you need to calibrate the Full-HD's on board Gamma adjustment for it to look it's best, As well as the usual registry calibration for input "B" on your G70....
If you are'nt using an external video processor with HDMI then You should set the BLU-RAY player to output 1080i@60hz (YcBcR 4:2:2) into the G70 because 1080p will make the picture to soft.....

Hope this helps......

I just bought a FullHD HDMI card for my Sony G70. I'm worried that I'm gonna lose that CRT "film like" feel. What exactly will I notice picture wise when I put the HDMI card in? the picture will be sharper and have much better ANSI contrast ratio. You will not lose any of the quality's that make CRT pleasing to the eye, of that i'm 100% sure. The Moome HDMI card was the biggest single upgrade to my CRT I made in 3 years, it's a most excellent product.

The New Moome Full-HD HDMI card has D/A chips in it 1 for each R.G.B channel so it converts the HDMI digital input signal to Analog in the Moome card so the G70 will except it, all CRT based Displays are Analog...

You will have much better film like picture quality with the Moome Full-HD internal card compared to the 5 BNC input on the G70.. But you need to calibrate the Full-HD's on board Gamma adjustment for it to look it's best, As well as the usual registry calibration for input "B" on your G70....
If you are'nt using an external video processor with HDMI then You should set the BLU-RAY player to output 1080i@60hz (YcBcR 4:2:2) into the G70 because 1080p will make the picture to soft.....

Hope this helps......


So does that mean if I go straight into the G70 from the Blu Ray, bypassing my Faroudja which does not accept HDMI, I can't take full advantage of the 1080p? The 1080i output will look better than setting the blu ray to full 1080p? Just how soft of a picture with 1080p are we talking?

The G70 cant "fully resolve 1080p" so the end result would be to soft of picture as compared to 1080i which will look much sharper, better picture quality....

You wont Be able to use your Faroudja if it has'nt got HDMI or "DVI" and isnt HDCP compliant...
Use your Faroudja the same as you are now just not for sources which require A HDMI connector such as you Sony 350 Blu-ray player and set it to output 1080i through it's HDMI directly into the Moome Full-HD card...

If you want the best results you need A VP that has HDMI 1.3 and can be configured to run custom resolutions such as I do for blu-ray, 1080p24 into VP50pro out 1920x800 @48hz into Moome HDMI card.....
Hope this helps.....

oh i thought that the G70 can do 1080p

Some folks like 1080p better than 1080i on the G70. I have calibrated and set them up both ways depending on what my customer wants. The G70 will easily accept and display 1080p, but many people think that 1080i looks better.

1080i is sharper and 1080p is more saturated with no image flicker.

Try 1080 in both interlaced and progressive and see which you prefer. Do run it in YCbCr though no matter what you do.

craigr

Some folks like 1080p better than 1080i on the G70. I have calibrated and set them up both ways depending on what my customer wants. The G70 will easily accept and display 1080p, but many people think that 1080i looks better.

1080i is sharper and 1080p is more saturated with no image flicker.

Try 1080 in both interlaced and progressive and see which you prefer. Do run it in YCbCr though no matter what you do.

craigr


Thank you for your suggestion. I want to make sure I've got this right, if that's ok. I'm gonna put the Moone card in the G70. I'm gonna go straight from the Sony 350 Blu Ray to the G70 via the HDMI input on the Moone card. I set the 350 to HDMI out. I can set the 350 for 1080p or 1080i, correct. I have to reconverge the G70 to accept the signal from the HDMI card. Is that pretty much it? Where does the YCbCr come in? Is that on the G70 or the 350? I've never messed with the G70, that's why I'm asking. I'm gonna have a buddy calibrate the VP.

Thank you for your suggestion. I want to make sure I've got this right, if that's ok. I'm gonna put the Moone card in the G70. I'm gonna go straight from the Sony 350 Blu Ray to the G70 via the HDMI input on the Moone card. I set the 350 to HDMI out. I can set the 350 for 1080p or 1080i, correct. I have to reconverge the G70 to accept the signal from the HDMI card..Is that pretty much it? yes, reconverge to the resolution being input through the HDMI card.

Where does the YCbCr come in? Is that on the G70 or the 350? I've never messed with the G70, that's why I'm asking. I'm gonna have a buddy calibrate the VP.YCbCr is the component input side of the moome card. I don't know why CIR is recommending it, the HDMI slot is a much better and superior format.

That's why I asked about that. If I was using the FullHD HDMI card and was going straight from Blu Ray via HDMI, why would I need to be concerned with the component setup.