looking for some sage advice on this topic.
i'm using an htpc to scale to NR for my pio PDP.
i am a DISH user and am getting setup for their HDTV. they broadcast apparently in 720p or 1080i, depending upon the source material.
one of the problems with using an HTPC to scale is that it's not always easy to get a lot of different signals into the HTPC. one glance at the pics of the back of ericbee's Leeza and i start to drool
i received one piece of advice that i think is specious, which was to route HDTV sources directly into the PDP. this from an HTPC guy, not a PDP geek. that smells like potentially fine advice for an analog device, but not so great advice for a pixellated device you can run at NR. in this situation i'd run VGA RGB D-sub 15 from the receiver to the PDP (INPUT1).
my alternative is to run the HDTV signal through my A/V switcher and then it'll hit the HTPC no problemo. the problem is that i'll have to convert Component or 15pin VGA RGB into S-Video (switcher only takes S and Composite). it's hard/expensive to get VGA/RGB/15pin or Component into the HTPC. on second thought, can you even convert a 720p or 1080i signal to SVideo - probably not without some hardware.
i'm somewhat clueless. any advice appreciated.
doody.
i'm using an htpc to scale to NR for my pio PDP.
i am a DISH user and am getting setup for their HDTV. they broadcast apparently in 720p or 1080i, depending upon the source material.
one of the problems with using an HTPC to scale is that it's not always easy to get a lot of different signals into the HTPC. one glance at the pics of the back of ericbee's Leeza and i start to drool
i received one piece of advice that i think is specious, which was to route HDTV sources directly into the PDP. this from an HTPC guy, not a PDP geek. that smells like potentially fine advice for an analog device, but not so great advice for a pixellated device you can run at NR. in this situation i'd run VGA RGB D-sub 15 from the receiver to the PDP (INPUT1).
my alternative is to run the HDTV signal through my A/V switcher and then it'll hit the HTPC no problemo. the problem is that i'll have to convert Component or 15pin VGA RGB into S-Video (switcher only takes S and Composite). it's hard/expensive to get VGA/RGB/15pin or Component into the HTPC. on second thought, can you even convert a 720p or 1080i signal to SVideo - probably not without some hardware.
i'm somewhat clueless. any advice appreciated.
doody.