Sony VPLVW11HT What is this effect ?

[Nobber]

When watching Satellite i can somestimes notice what appear to be the scanning lines, it is less Pronounced whislt watching DVD's but is still sometimes there

is there a way to cure this or do I have to accept it with sky and will progressive scan help when I change my Sony CX850?


thanks
Nobber

 

[Nobber]

sorry i meant will progressive sacan help with the DVD pictures

thanks

 

[nigel_williams]

Progressive scan will certainly help to give you a better picture but it sounds to me like you're picking up interference from somewhere.

Are your interconnects running close to the mains cables? How is the Sky box connected?

 

[Nobber]

Thanks for the advice, but I really don't think it interference, its there depending on the type of scene, not all the time

FYI

Sky box scart to component output


I am sure these are the lines that make up the picture, but I could be wrong


thanks anyway

Nobber

 

[nigel_williams]

Have you tried connecting Sky to the projector directly using Scart->S-Video ?

I only use mine for watching DVDs so my TV's not even in the same room. I'm sure there's several others here that do use a Sony with Sky though.

Good luck

 

[Nobber]

yes that was my original setup

perhaps I am not explaining the effect correctly, in some scenes I get jagged edges which appear to be caused by the scanning lines.


judging by the lack of posts perhaps all you other Sky to projector viewers have pixel perfect pictures =;-)

thanks

Nobber

 

[nigel_williams]

That's the result of an interlaced picture. Using a projector really shows up the deficiency of PAL and NTSC formats.... they're not designed to be displayed that big! Try an NTSC disk which can use the de-interlacer of the projector to see a real difference.

You can get a progressive DVD player like the Arcam DV88+ but for Sky you would need an external de-interlacer to remove the effect... not sure how good the Pro-V is but it might be worth a look.

Progressive DVD output really is significantly better. If you have Star Trek Insurrection, watch the first scene where the camera pans over the village - there are jagged lines everywhere and the roof tiles are just a blur.

 

[NedK]

Originally posted by nigel_williams
You can get a progressive DVD player like the Arcam DV88+ but for Sky you would need an external de-interlacer to remove the effect... not sure how good the Pro-V is but it might be worth a look.

I got a ProV to try with my 10HT. Unfortunately since the ProV outputs VGA, the sony sees it as a PC signal and you can't get it into widescreen mode. Kind of negates the point of having a widescreen projector, so I sent it back!

 

[Gordon @ Convergent AV]

If you are seeing jagged lines on programming from Sky it's likely to be that the VPL11 is not so good at de-interlacing PAL film or video source material. Using an external de-interlacer may well help this.

As Nigel says the unit is good with film sourced NTSC in the first place so you probably wont get any benefit from a progressive scan DVD player with NTSC material.

Gordon

 

[Nobber]

Thanks

what about progressive screen with PAL?

would that be any better?


Cheers


Nobber

 

[Nobber]

Cr*p

I meant progressive scan!!!

 

[nigel_williams]

Same thing applies although PAL progressive is done slightly differently. If you can get a PAL progressive DVD player then you will see the same benefits.

Have a look at the progressivescan website at the top of the page, far right.