Monthly Archives: September 2007

Pioneer Kuro TVs

The first plasma display I reviewed was the Pioneer PDP-V401E, way back in 1998. Then, this 640 by 480 pixel unit cost $17,000 and I thought it was pretty amazing. Since then, plasma TVs have got better and I’ve got … Continue reading

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Even more on deinterlacing

I undertook on the Beyonwiz forum to explore further the output characteristics of the Beyonwiz video section. I have held off doing this for a few days because what I wanted to do was compare its 576p and 1080i output … Continue reading

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More on deinterlacing

Someone on the DTV Forums recently posted a snippet of an ABC test pattern that he’d captured from ABC 2 digital TV. It’s 38MB, but he also posted a shorter trimmed version coming to 8MB (link here). That snippet is … Continue reading

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