[MattGuyOR]

I have a new Panny projector on order (1080P), and I currently own a Toshiba A2 1080i player. Will the projector upscale it to 1080P and look as good as the XA2 or A20 on my 100" screen? Or should I upgrade my player too?

 

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I have a new Panny projector on order (1080P), and I currently own a Toshiba A2 1080i player. Will the projector upscale it to 1080P and look as good as the XA2 or A20 on my 100" screen? Or should I upgrade my player too?

I don't know much about that projector, but I would imagine that it would upscale to 1080p. I would try it out first, but the XA2 will be on sale very soon and that would be very tempting. Especially for DVD upconversion on your big screen.

 

[MattGuyOR]

You may be right. I have a ton of dvd's to upscale, but not sure how many I might watch. I'm kind of bitten by the HD DVD bug.

Thanks.

 

[ADBNZ]

The projector won't upscale 1080i because the resolution is the same as 1080p. it will just deinterlace it.

 

[MattGuyOR]

So does that mean I'm fine sticking with my A2? Or will I see a noticeable upgrade in picture quality getting an XA2?

 

[ADBNZ]

You're fine sticking with the A2. You won't notice a difference. When 24p eventually comes along for the XA2 that *may* justify upgrading though, depending on how your projector treats it (ie. whether it actually displays as a multiple of 24fps or just 60).