MT-7 with various sources

I have posted recently about my findings

with the toshiba MT-7 and can now add the

use of a DEUCE HD scaler to the list.


Component DVD Player interlaced


: very good contrast, detail is good, a little noisy,

colour accuaracy takes some tweaking. A few artifacts

on diagonals and moving shots.


Component DVD player progressive


: Better brightness, detail better still, still a little noisy.


HTPC


: Best resolution is 1280 x 960 into 1280 x 720 panel,

feed on thru (1-1) pixel mode. Run at 75hz for PAL, 72 for NTSC.

Picture detail is the best this method, colour accuracy

greatly improved. Best combo RADEON + winDVD.

Problems with tearing that will not go away with any

refresh rate, 60hz keeps tearing stable.


Component DVD player with ISCAN.


: Artifacts more or less completely gone in 480p.

Unfortunately MT-7 wont suport 625p for PAL.


Component DVD player with DEUCE HD 720p


: Similar results with ISCAN but less noise. Run at

720p, fine in NTSC at 60hz but projector won't lock

to 50hz 720p, similar problem with the SHARP 9000

I believe.

Deuce Seemed to be smoother picture than the ISCAN

although there was a little flicker with the DEUCE

for some reason.


So in summary progressive makes a decent improvement, the only

way of getting native 720p is through the deuce HD using component.

Or a computer at 1280x960 through RGB but gives tearing.


No way of getting PAL progressive at this time.