I appreciate the player recommendations, but to be honest, I think I know what's available for the most part.
What I'm really trying to figure out is whether to optimize for the best deinterlacing or the best scaling, along with the reasoning behind that.
For the record, about 10% of my DVD collection is non-anamorphic letterbox and another 10% is 4:3. I was actually quite suprised by how few DVDs I have that fall into these categories. I would be disappointed to have to view 20% of my DVDs at diminished quality (compliments of Samsung doubling/scaling), but if those other 80% would benefit significantly from Faroujda deinterlacing, versus perhaps Mediamatics or Zoran deinterlacing, then I might make that sacrifice.
Any thoughts?
By the way, I'm not actually sure what percentage of my DVD collection is video-encoded or improperly flagged, but I would guess a fairly low number. Anybody know how prevalent these discs are among widely-released material?