Hi everyone,
I'v been lurking reguraly here but never needed to post since i seem to find all the information i need on the current threads or searching trough the old ones.
I have a Barco Graphics 808s (port 5)->moome external transcoder->10m HDMI cable->VP30<-various sources.
I before the VP30 i had the Lumagen Vision DVI which i had running @800P(don't remember the refresh rate) and later before switching to the VP30 i had it running 1080i@72Hz, it converted whatever sources at whatever refresh rates to 72hz.
The VP30 works differently, it applies one treatment to PAL(50Hz) another to NTSC(60Hz) and that reflects on the output, so i calibrated 1080i@75 for PAL, and 1080i@60hz for NTSC (in NTSC different refresh rates from the input screwed the frame rate of games).
I always thought that 1080i was the way to go in the 808 since it was the biggest resolution i could use since i can't go to 1080P and also i always though that an interlaced picture on a CRT display would look good, since there are is no de-interlacing going on as on fixed pannel displays, it would just sync to it.
A few days ago i have heard, that a lower progressive resolution would look sharper, AND that i don't have to send only 16:9 resolutions. All the resolutions i previously tried were all calculated based on the aspect ratio (Vertical resolutionx1.78=Horizontal resolution).
These were news to me, because i always thought that i could synch to a higher resolution i would have the sharpest image possible, but with the 808 i started playing and i found that lower resolutions look VERY sharp comparing to 1080i, i also found that as long as i adjust the raster size to be 16:9, i dont need to send a 16:9 signal! i can send 1440x960 or something higher on vertical resolution!!
Now my goal is to find the sharpest looking resolution with the highest vertical resolution possible, i plan to use a lot of HD sources and i want to loose the least detail possible and have the sharpest resolution possible on the PJ.
For this i started searching the forum for what others use in the 808 or other 8" machines, and the information was scattered, not everyone agreed, and most importantly everybody was choosing it for DVDs, not HD.
My current setup now is 1440x960@50Hz (which looks good), and 1440x960@60Hz (which looks bad, focus and convergence on corners not as good).
Now that HD is here, everyone has either a HD console or a HTPC or a HD-DVD or Blueray, i would think that everyone with an 8" machine would want it running at the highest resolution possible, with the sharpest image possible.
The latest version of what i read here was that people liked 720P or 768P at standard 16:9 resolutions (1366x768 and 1280x720).
Now what are you guys using? Do you constantly try different resolutions? How do you like the sharpness?
Thanks!
I'v been lurking reguraly here but never needed to post since i seem to find all the information i need on the current threads or searching trough the old ones.
I have a Barco Graphics 808s (port 5)->moome external transcoder->10m HDMI cable->VP30<-various sources.
I before the VP30 i had the Lumagen Vision DVI which i had running @800P(don't remember the refresh rate) and later before switching to the VP30 i had it running 1080i@72Hz, it converted whatever sources at whatever refresh rates to 72hz.
The VP30 works differently, it applies one treatment to PAL(50Hz) another to NTSC(60Hz) and that reflects on the output, so i calibrated 1080i@75 for PAL, and 1080i@60hz for NTSC (in NTSC different refresh rates from the input screwed the frame rate of games).
I always thought that 1080i was the way to go in the 808 since it was the biggest resolution i could use since i can't go to 1080P and also i always though that an interlaced picture on a CRT display would look good, since there are is no de-interlacing going on as on fixed pannel displays, it would just sync to it.
A few days ago i have heard, that a lower progressive resolution would look sharper, AND that i don't have to send only 16:9 resolutions. All the resolutions i previously tried were all calculated based on the aspect ratio (Vertical resolutionx1.78=Horizontal resolution).
These were news to me, because i always thought that i could synch to a higher resolution i would have the sharpest image possible, but with the 808 i started playing and i found that lower resolutions look VERY sharp comparing to 1080i, i also found that as long as i adjust the raster size to be 16:9, i dont need to send a 16:9 signal! i can send 1440x960 or something higher on vertical resolution!!
Now my goal is to find the sharpest looking resolution with the highest vertical resolution possible, i plan to use a lot of HD sources and i want to loose the least detail possible and have the sharpest resolution possible on the PJ.
For this i started searching the forum for what others use in the 808 or other 8" machines, and the information was scattered, not everyone agreed, and most importantly everybody was choosing it for DVDs, not HD.
My current setup now is 1440x960@50Hz (which looks good), and 1440x960@60Hz (which looks bad, focus and convergence on corners not as good).
Now that HD is here, everyone has either a HD console or a HTPC or a HD-DVD or Blueray, i would think that everyone with an 8" machine would want it running at the highest resolution possible, with the sharpest image possible.
The latest version of what i read here was that people liked 720P or 768P at standard 16:9 resolutions (1366x768 and 1280x720).
Now what are you guys using? Do you constantly try different resolutions? How do you like the sharpness?
Thanks!