Questions about 1024x720/768 plasmas and rectangular pixels

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1. Can someone explain or send a link of how exactly the Vreal video processor processes the 720p/768p input signal ?
2. Also, what resolution needs to be set on HTPC so the scaler could do "the best case scenario" scaling to 1024x768 rectangular pixels ?
3. Can uspcaling 720p content on 1080p screen, add more IQ ?
4. Finally, how much of a difference would be 42" 1024x768 vs. 42" 1080p plasma at 2-2.5m sitting distance and is it worth it of 50% difference in price ? I know that 1080p plasmas have better contrast and saturation, but the price difference is just too much here where I live. And I suppose that they have higher power consumption, which means more heat in the room, especially during the summer.

Thanks everyone for your answers.

 

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81 views, 0 replies... Anyone, guys ? Kyleb ?

 

[Tahir2]

1. Can someone explain or send a link of how exactly the Vreal video processor processes the 720p/768p input signal ?
2. Also, what resolution needs to be set on HTPC so the scaler could do "the best case scenario" scaling to 1024x768 rectangular pixels ?
3. Can uspcaling 720p content on 1080p screen, add more IQ ?
4. Finally, how much of a difference would be 42" 1024x768 vs. 42" 1080p plasma at 2-2.5m sitting distance and is it worth it of 50% difference in price ? I know that 1080p plasmas have better contrast and saturation, but the price difference is just too much here where I live. And I suppose that they have higher power consumption, which means more heat in the room, especially during the summer.

1. If we are talking about the Panasonic Plasma series of Vreal processors then: upscales/downscales all input to 1024x768
2. HDMI I just let the video card do the scaling and usually fine at 720p or 1080p.
3. Yes it does seem to - less aliasing in my experience.
4. Depends on what you are doing and how fussy you are. I personally think the 768p set is fine at 42" but you probably will notice difference in high quality HD material like Blu-ray.

There are other factors to consider as well now as Panasonic have really segmented the market.

We have C, X, S, V, G10 and G1 series plasma's from Panasonic now all with slightly different capabilitites.

 

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1. I know that . I was thinking of a more detailed explanation, how it actually "transforms" say 1280x720/square pixels signal sent from a PC into a 4:3 resoution but with rectangular pixels. There was a post about this on AVS, but I can't find it now.

Here, 42G10 is about the same price as 50X10 and almost twice the price of 37/42PV8 (X in the UK).

I was thinking about getting PV8 first and after that a 720p projector. 37-42"" for TV/games and PJ for movies/occasional gaming. Decent "best buy" combination IMO.

 

[Tahir2]

AVSForums long 768p vs 1080p thread
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=768167

If I were buying now I would not hesitate to spend the extra and go for a G series Panasonic over the C or X series even if it meant waiting a few more months to save. But if you have the luxury of a projector too I can't comment on them as I always found that they didn't suit my needs.

Sorry I didn't answer your question specifically but I will say the PX70 I have is the best monitor I have used... sometimes in 1080p and sometimes in 720p depending on what I am doing (over HDMI using a Radeon 3200 integrated GPU).

 

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I read that thread once in a while. Anyway, thanks for your support.