Sometimes I wonder if you guys spend way too much time overanalyzing every last detail of your projected image.
My basic question is as follows:
Most extreme situation: Going from S-Video (good quality interlaced DVD player) to HTPC. Are the differences dramatic? I'll define "dramatic" as follows:
1) A HT perfectionist upon doing an A/B comparison would say "wow".
2) An "average" person who has a pretty good idea of good PQ (e.g. - owns a DVD player and a 35" TV, used AVIA to calibrate, etc.) notices a significant improvement upon seeing the S-Video image one day and the HTPC image the following day.
3) A completely "average" person (owns a "big screen" 27" TV set to factory settings) notices a significant improvement upon doing an A/B comparison.
Hopefully, with these three test subjects, I've accurately conveyed what I'm getting at here. I'm still trying to figure out the costs ($$$ and time) and benefits of HTPC vs progressive DVD vs iScan Plus V2 since I primarily want to watch DVDs on my LT85 but would also like to watch some occassional DirecTiVo and would like to do it as cheaply and painlessly as possible.
Scott
My basic question is as follows:
Most extreme situation: Going from S-Video (good quality interlaced DVD player) to HTPC. Are the differences dramatic? I'll define "dramatic" as follows:
1) A HT perfectionist upon doing an A/B comparison would say "wow".
2) An "average" person who has a pretty good idea of good PQ (e.g. - owns a DVD player and a 35" TV, used AVIA to calibrate, etc.) notices a significant improvement upon seeing the S-Video image one day and the HTPC image the following day.
3) A completely "average" person (owns a "big screen" 27" TV set to factory settings) notices a significant improvement upon doing an A/B comparison.
Hopefully, with these three test subjects, I've accurately conveyed what I'm getting at here. I'm still trying to figure out the costs ($$$ and time) and benefits of HTPC vs progressive DVD vs iScan Plus V2 since I primarily want to watch DVDs on my LT85 but would also like to watch some occassional DirecTiVo and would like to do it as cheaply and painlessly as possible.
Scott