dunkyboy
Established Member
Hi, I'm going to be in the market for a projector (LCD, <£2000) and I'm currently doing my research. I've heard wonderful things about the £1300 Panasonic AE-100, with it's true 16:9 LCDs. However, I was wondering how it looks with PAL DVDs, as its resolution is matched to NTSC 16:9 (i.e. 480 pixels high). I know the difference between that and PAL's 525 (visible) lines isn't much, but surely when viewing a PAL image, it has to be squeezed into the 480 lines somehow - does this not cause unwanted blockiness and jaggies? I would think it would be tricky to fix that sort of problem...
What are people's experiences with the Panny and PAL DVDs? Does it approach the quality of a 1024x768 4:3 LCD? Presumably it's considerably less detailed than 16:9 XGA (~1366x768?)
I ask because I saw the Sony 11HT today at a Sony Centre and it was goooooorgeous. No chicken wire, no blockiness - and this was out of the S-Video from a fairly cheap DVD player! (I can only imagine how it must look coming out of an HTPC on VGA connector...) Contrast this to my experience with the Sony HS1, which produces a fine picture, but whose 800x600 4:3 resolution causes fairly easily noticeable pixellation and jaggies, as well as chicken wire when fairly close to the screen.
So, what's the verdict on the Panny? Is it closer to the 11HT, or the HS1 in picture quality? (Note: if I only spend a bit more than a grand on the pj, I can afford a badass subwoofer to go with it! )
Cheers,
Dunc (AVforums newbie)
What are people's experiences with the Panny and PAL DVDs? Does it approach the quality of a 1024x768 4:3 LCD? Presumably it's considerably less detailed than 16:9 XGA (~1366x768?)
I ask because I saw the Sony 11HT today at a Sony Centre and it was goooooorgeous. No chicken wire, no blockiness - and this was out of the S-Video from a fairly cheap DVD player! (I can only imagine how it must look coming out of an HTPC on VGA connector...) Contrast this to my experience with the Sony HS1, which produces a fine picture, but whose 800x600 4:3 resolution causes fairly easily noticeable pixellation and jaggies, as well as chicken wire when fairly close to the screen.
So, what's the verdict on the Panny? Is it closer to the 11HT, or the HS1 in picture quality? (Note: if I only spend a bit more than a grand on the pj, I can afford a badass subwoofer to go with it! )
Cheers,
Dunc (AVforums newbie)