Hey-
Has anyone seen or used a ViewSonic NextVision N6. It looks like a sweet tuner! It also looks like it has something called POP(picture on picture)? Does anyone know anything about this? Does this mean you can watch multiple channels with one cable connection?
http://www.emedialive.com/newsletters/emxtra/2003/2003_0107/2003_0107_8.html
Has anyone seen or used a ViewSonic NextVision N6. It looks like a sweet tuner! It also looks like it has something called POP(picture on picture)? Does anyone know anything about this? Does this mean you can watch multiple channels with one cable connection?
http://www.emedialive.com/newsletters/emxtra/2003/2003_0107/2003_0107_8.html
I have been looking at the Viewsonic video processors, too. The big different (besides price) is that the N5 is XGA and the N6 is SXGA.
And the N5 has a $50 rebate on it right now (at Fry's Electronics, at least).
Ken
And the N5 has a $50 rebate on it right now (at Fry's Electronics, at least).
Ken
I have one. I don't recommend it. It's only use is that it converts component to VGA. There are much cheaper devices that do this. The remote is TERRIBLE. It doesn't output 1080i too well at all. I started a thread a while ago called "Flickering?". Didn't know what was causing the problem for a long time. I thought my projector was messed up. I thought I had bad grounding. I thought my dish was not properly grounded. A huge mess and a lot of stress trying to figure it out.
Turns out, it's the N6 causing it.
Turns out, it's the N6 causing it.
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Guys:
I have the N5 unit. Works good as a tuner & has OK quality S-video input. Paid like $129. The N6 ($350) does higher res and also accepts component video inputs. I have a 9A62 component to vga adapter that does a really nice job with my 480p (progressive scan) DVD player. 480p seems to be the best picture so far- nice colors and good detail-much nicer than s-video thru the N5 box. I've gone over 120" with 480p and the picture is great at a 10 foot seating distance. Who else is messing with 480p? I think alot of people playing with this project are working with composite crappy signals. (one yellow wire) S-video is a big improvement, and component video (3 cables) is another big step up.
Guys:
I have the N5 unit. Works good as a tuner & has OK quality S-video input. Paid like $129. The N6 ($350) does higher res and also accepts component video inputs. I have a 9A62 component to vga adapter that does a really nice job with my 480p (progressive scan) DVD player. 480p seems to be the best picture so far- nice colors and good detail-much nicer than s-video thru the N5 box. I've gone over 120" with 480p and the picture is great at a 10 foot seating distance. Who else is messing with 480p? I think alot of people playing with this project are working with composite crappy signals. (one yellow wire) S-video is a big improvement, and component video (3 cables) is another big step up.
I duuno. If your smart enough to do this (or even be posting here) in the first place, you should be smart enough to know what progressive scan video is.
Your thinking of the type of people that spend $60 on an S-Video cable made by Monster and think they have a great picture because of it. I know the type. They don't know how to build a projector. You won't find many here.
I had a good friend spend $3,000 on a Sony rear-projection HDTV last year. He would not get an HD decoder, antenna, or HD satellite reciever. I had to plead with him to buy a progressive scan DVD player (he wanted to just use his PS2).
Some people are just ignorant. He would have been a hell of a lot better off buying a $2000 TV and spending the remaining money on the other equipment.
My parents tried to do the exact same thing. They wanted a $3200 65" Mitsubishi HDTV for their crappy Adelphia cable. I told them to get directv instead, but when they found out that the dish + decoder would be $700, they freaked out. I told them to get the 57" version of the TV instead, and they're still feeling like they shouldn't listen to me.
Sorry for the tangent. Just ignorant people annoy me. A Mercedes may not be as fast as a Mustang, and a Rolex may not tell time as well as a Casio, but these are luxury items bought for prestige. A TV does not fit into that category whatsoever. You should choose to buy or not buy a TV for practical reasons only.
Your thinking of the type of people that spend $60 on an S-Video cable made by Monster and think they have a great picture because of it. I know the type. They don't know how to build a projector. You won't find many here.
I had a good friend spend $3,000 on a Sony rear-projection HDTV last year. He would not get an HD decoder, antenna, or HD satellite reciever. I had to plead with him to buy a progressive scan DVD player (he wanted to just use his PS2).
Some people are just ignorant. He would have been a hell of a lot better off buying a $2000 TV and spending the remaining money on the other equipment.
My parents tried to do the exact same thing. They wanted a $3200 65" Mitsubishi HDTV for their crappy Adelphia cable. I told them to get directv instead, but when they found out that the dish + decoder would be $700, they freaked out. I told them to get the 57" version of the TV instead, and they're still feeling like they shouldn't listen to me.
Sorry for the tangent. Just ignorant people annoy me. A Mercedes may not be as fast as a Mustang, and a Rolex may not tell time as well as a Casio, but these are luxury items bought for prestige. A TV does not fit into that category whatsoever. You should choose to buy or not buy a TV for practical reasons only.
I agree, tv is not a prestige toy!
If you want the big fast car.. you need the big fast road to drive on it!
If you want the big fast car.. you need the big fast road to drive on it!
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What will give a better picture?
480p from prog. scan DVD player thru 9a62 box? (component video to vga)
or DVD played on a HTPC with vga out?
I don't quite understand how the HTPC DVD drive deals with color signals, etc......
What will give a better picture?
480p from prog. scan DVD player thru 9a62 box? (component video to vga)
or DVD played on a HTPC with vga out?
I don't quite understand how the HTPC DVD drive deals with color signals, etc......
I would guess the PC/DVD would be better as the software DVD players can use the processor power and display adapter to generate the image. Anytime you have to convert an image, you risk degradation.
Watched "Driven" on a 90" diagonal image last night. Ooooooo, beautiful! ...from a PC/DVD combination.
Ken
Watched "Driven" on a 90" diagonal image last night. Ooooooo, beautiful! ...from a PC/DVD combination.
Ken
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But isn't the computer taking the 480p from the dvd and rescaling/resampling it to vga?
But isn't the computer taking the 480p from the dvd and rescaling/resampling it to vga?
Actually, it might be very close, as the componet input should preserve the image before VGA conversion.
The software DVD players can be updated with a new download, so you can added enhanced features/functions as the software gets better. The 9??? box firmware is probably not upgradable.
PC just gives you more flexiblity.
Ken
The software DVD players can be updated with a new download, so you can added enhanced features/functions as the software gets better. The 9??? box firmware is probably not upgradable.
PC just gives you more flexiblity.
Ken
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