Things that make you go Hmmm. Laserdisc Versus HDM - Page 15

Originally Posted by luf

Hi,
I have a question about the MUSE decoder for Hi-vision laserdisc:
Is it possible to do upscaling of the "normal" Laserdisc with the muse decoder on a hdtv?
I've got a Victor HV-MD1 decoder!
Thanks!

I'm also looking for a scan of the Victor HV-MD1 manual, if someone have it it would be nice!

Originally Posted by luf

hi,
thanks for your answers, I don't know why but I was sure that MUSE decoder upscale...I try every possibility with mine but nothing works with a "normal" laserdisc, and I know why, now
I thought about an external scaler but I think the price is too high for what i'll do with it...I already have HD materials for dvd, video games.

Any idea of the price?

tteich, you seems to have a pretty Hi-vision collection...do you own Lawrence of arabia? does he has a good picture? thanks

Originally Posted by luf

hi,
Thanks for your answer, you just have a amazing collection...the first time I see Jumanji Hi-vision...
I just have a demo disc right now, and I've noticed the green effect some time...not shocking, but it's a little bit here.But I would like to find Lawrence of Arabia, amazing covers AND booklet for an amazing movie!! He's not on the rarest, maybe I can have it for a good price..? I'm impatient right now!

Originally Posted by luf

Right now I have "only" a Panasonic LX-HD20 & Victor HV-MD1, I know that it's not the better equipment for that, but I'm waiting to have a largest collection before upgrading.
The HV-MD1 have a cool thing: audio digital optical out, the MD2 or MSC-4000 don't have it.
But anyway, I've got a good price for both so I don't hesitate any second!
Which movie have the better sound & picture, in your muse collection?I'm curious.

Originally Posted by Disclord 


No, there isn't - well, actually, I'm not sure - I have the DTS Recorder software for the DTS-P8 recorder - you probably know what that is, but if not, it's the recorder used to encode the source audio into 4:1 compressed APT-X100 and then multiplex it and record it onto a master CD-ROM. It might be able to demultiplex the files - and APT-X100 coder is now available in software. I have probably 300 or more DTS-6 discs plus maybe 400 DTS Trailer discs. I'd love to be able to turn them into PCM files and re-encode them to Coherent Acoustics.


I have an 8-channel APT-X100 PCI card from a DTS-P8 mastering unit - it has four APT-X100 chips that do both encoding and decoding - you can have it if you want it - and I'll email you the P8 .exe file if you want to play around with it. It's just a simple DOS program.


BTW, APT-X100 was one of the first 'advanced' low-bitrate systems, wasn't it? I recall that Stereophile talked about it in their "Industry Update" one time and also discussed the paper presented at that years AES convention by the APT-X100 systems' designer - Mike Smyth, I think it was - they trashed him unmercifully for using specifications, measurements and ABX testing to design it - and not just going with "what his ears and emotions told him". To me, it seems like the digital 'equivalent' of Dolby A-Type Noise Reduction - not in what it does, but that it was an early system that worked well and found wide usage. And it's a 4-band system like Dolby too! DTS originally used APT-X100 to demo six channel "DTS CD's" to Gary Reber and others... I think there might also be an early DTS demo LaserDisc made with six tracks of APT-X in the place of the digital 2-channel PCM tracks. I'd LOVE to find that! In DTS' 'channel mapping' patent for formatting lossy audio data onto a standard CD audio disc, the APT-X100 coder is used as the main example. DTS hadn't found the ARTEC system yet.