Sdi

[Andreas oakes]

Hi
Does anyone know if you can get a DVD with SDI for £200 or less, and is SDI any good.
Andy

 

[hornydragon]

SDI is very good if you have a device cable of dealing with SDi signals, SDi is not standard on any DVD players i know of and modification for most is £250+ ontop of the player cost....

 

[Andreas oakes]

Thanks for that

 

[KraGorn]

Cheapest I've seen is an SDI-ed 1910 for all but £400, a PC solution would be about £220. I'm contemplating this route, not sure yet nor whether the player or PC option is more likely.

 

[SamirP]

CRTprojectors sell sdi modified players http://www.crtprojectors.co.uk/sdi_dvd.htm
and lots of info aswell

 

[KraGorn]

Good link .. their 1910's cheaper than I've seen and MR-ed, the one I saw wasn't, that Philips looks tasty at that price too, shame the Sony is R1 only.

 

[SamirP]

Good link .. their 1910's cheaper than I've seen and MR-ed, the one I saw wasn't, that Philips looks tasty at that price too, shame the Sony is R1 only.

And from what I've read/heard CRT seem really know their stuff regarding Sdi.

 

[KraGorn]

Yup, their reputation seems very good .. and since SDI is of most interest to CRT owners in these days of HDCP-crippled DVI sources then a specialist in CRT HC equipment would be an ideal place to go to, and they're price competitive too.

 

[Pottsy]

Got my SDI player from them - would recommend them without hesitation.

 

[Andreas oakes]

How much better is the image

 

[Pottsy]

Subjectively, about 15% sharper than a DV88+ via component, with very stable colours, and no noise. Best I've ever seen, that's for sure. Pixar stuff looks HD, crap films look crap, great films look amazing.

 

[Andreas oakes]

Sounds good to me