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wkosmann
Joined: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 387 Location: Middleburg, Virginia
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Link Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 9:30 pm Post subject: DVI/DVI Repeater (MUX-HD) Review |
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Dear All;
Moome has been kind enough to send me a pre-production version of the DVI/DVI Repeater. It works perfectly.
I have had up to 4 inputs connected to it (a Sony BDP-S301 Blu-ray player, an HTPC, a beta version of the Lumagen Radiance HD video scalar, and a Sony SAT-HD300 ATSC/NTSC/DirecTV tuner). The BDP-S301 and Radiance scalar output HDMI. The HTPC and ATSC Tuner output DVI. For these later two inputs I am using HDMI to DVI cables.
The DVI output of the DVI/DVI Repeater is fed directly to the Analog Way DVX-8022 BlendZilla blender/scalar/switcher (which has one DVI input). The HDMI output of the DVI/DVI Repeater is fed to a Convergent Design nanoConnect HDMI to HD-SDI converter. The output of this converter is fed directly to one of the two BlendZilla HD-SDI inputs.
I have fed the DVI/DVI Repeater 1080P/24 (from the Sony BDP-S301), 1080P/60 (from the Sony BDP-S301, Radiance HD, and the HTPC), and 720P/60 and 1080i/60 (from the ATSC Tuner), and the DVI/DVI Repeater has handled all of these input resolutions/refresh rates perfectly. I have not seen any errors introduced by the DVI/DVI Repeater.
I am not testing the DVI/DVI Repeater's audio output, as all audio is being fed directly into my Lexicon MC-12 audio processor.
The only issue I have noticed is when the HD-SDI is path is used. There is major banding/tearing of the video whenever there is vertical motion of any kind. The only source to date for HD-SDI viewing has been the Sony BDP-S301 Blu-ray player. I don't yet know if this vertical motion problem is a source problem (doubtful), an HDMI to HD-SDI conversion problem (possible), or a DVX-8022 problem (probable).
More testing is on the way after I complete a Brightness/Contrast/Gray Scale calibration.
William
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kal Forum Administrator
Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 17860 Location: Ottawa, Canada
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wkosmann
Joined: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 387 Location: Middleburg, Virginia
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Link Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 2:03 pm Post subject: Additional Review Results |
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Dear Kal;
You may use whatever text from this series of review results, with pleasure.
Dear All;
Some additional review results. In the interests of full disclosure, I am actually using the Convergent Design HD-Connect MI HDMI to HD-SDI converter. This is because that is the converter Convergent Design sent me to evaluate. The HD-Connect MI is a big brother to the nanoConnect, offering additional video tape deck control features not relevant to my Home Theater application.
Yesterday I watched a series of football games in both 720P/60 and 1080i/60, via the Sony SAT-HD300 ATSC/NTSC/DirecTV tuner. Not a single instance of vertical motion tearing in any broadcast, with the exception of one commercial. The 12 foot wide blended CRT projected image was sharper, with more vibrant colors than I have ever seen in any TV image. It was like watching a 12 foot wide direct view CRT tube. So the results to date are: 720P/60 and 1080i/60 do not result in vertical motion tearing, whereas 1080P/24 does.
Today I intend to more fully test the dual high definition HTPC and the Sony BDP-S301 Blu-ray player sources, and look for additional instances of the vertical motion tearing. I can display 1080i/60 and 1080P/24 from either the HTPC or the BDP-S301, and see when the tearing is present.
Finally, I am not able to test the remote input switching function, as I do not have the remote.
William
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wkosmann
Joined: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 387 Location: Middleburg, Virginia
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Link Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 7:59 pm Post subject: Another Update |
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Well, ladies and gentlemen, I have been using the Moome DVI/DVI Repeater (MUX-HD) 4 HDMI in/1 HDMI out and 1 DVI out HDCP stripper for a month now. The worst thing that has happened is that it locked up on me once. I removed power to it, re-attached power, and it turned right back on, and has been working perfectly ever since.
Today I received the remote. It is a Panasonic RC-9995N remote. The one I received has Chinese printing on it. (I suspect that the final verson will have English printing on it.) This is not really a problem as the only buttons that do anything to the DVI/DVI Repeater are the 0, 1, 2, and 3 buttons. Pushing 0 selects input 0. Pushing 1 selects input 1. Pushing 2 selects input 2. Pushing 3 selects input 3. I tried all the other buttons on the remote, looking for a button that would cycle through the inputs, but could not find one. The remote works at very wide angles with respect to the DVI/DVI Repeater. I have tested up to about 80 degrees.
I still notice no signal degradation over either the HDMI or the DVI outputs. I am constantly cycling back and forth between them as I go from the HDMI to HD-SDI video path to the HDMI to DVI video path and back.
I have now tested all features on the DVI/DVI Repeater, other than the audio pass through. If I test that, I wll post a follow on update
William
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moome
Joined: 01 Jun 2007 Posts: 497
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Link Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 2:00 pm Post subject: |
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thanks for William testing, this MUX-HD should ready ship end of Jan 2008,
we hope fix most bug on it, and for remote, there is no botton to cycle the input.
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Nashou66
Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 16171 Location: West Seneca NY
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northernpal
Joined: 02 Nov 2007 Posts: 2
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Link Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 4:02 am Post subject: Thanks! |
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William,
Thanks for doing all the testing. I am sure this will ensure a very high quality product and reduce the chance of folks having issues later on considerably. The time/energy/effort you have put into this is greatly appreciated!
Northern Paladin
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odyssey
Joined: 12 Dec 2007 Posts: 1
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Link Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 1:45 pm Post subject: |
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There is one potential problem, especially with using a DVI (HDMI) to HD-SDI converter. The output of the MUX-HD is always RGB. This means that the YCbCr from a source like BD or HD-DVD is converted to RGB by the MUX-HD and back to YCbCr in the HD-SDI converter. This is again converted to RGB by the projector. This conversion chain:
YCbCr>RGB>YCbCr>RGB is rarely transparent and not a good idea. The ideal is YCbCr>RGB, only once. I asked Moome to consider providing a YCbCr output. In other words, don't change the incoming HDMI signal, only remove the HDCP requirement. This potential problem is also there with using any type of processor, including processing in the projector. Most (not all) processing is in YCbCr space and incoming RGB signals are converted.
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Gino
Joined: 22 Apr 2006 Posts: 1363 Location: Trinity Beach, AUSTRALIA
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Link Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 1:02 am Post subject: |
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That's odd. Moome's EXT box has a DVI output, and that passes YCbCr from my HD/BD sources just fine
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wkosmann
Joined: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 387 Location: Middleburg, Virginia
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Link Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 12:43 am Post subject: 1080P/24 |
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Dear Athanasios;
The Lumagen Radiance XD does not yet have 1080P/48 available as an output. When it does, I will be happy to test the DVI/DVI Repeater for you.
William
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Speedplay
Joined: 11 Apr 2006 Posts: 117 Location: Albuquerque, NM
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Link Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 2:12 am Post subject: |
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Gino wrote: | That's odd. Moome's EXT box has a DVI output, and that passes YCbCr from my HD/BD sources just fine |
I asked Moome about this and this is what he responded:
the current one will convert to RGB for dvi, most dvi device accept RGB only!
So the MUX-HD strips the HDCP and also converts the YCbCr to RGB. I told him I was hoping that it only
removed the HDCP and just passed the YCbCr since my Lumagen would then convert it to RGB.
One less conversion would have been much better.
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Gino
Joined: 22 Apr 2006 Posts: 1363 Location: Trinity Beach, AUSTRALIA
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Link Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 2:32 pm Post subject: |
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My apologies, you are right. For some reason I thought my EXT-HD was connected between my HD/BD sources and the VP50, and the VP50 was reporting YCbCr.
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Nashou66
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Speedplay
Joined: 11 Apr 2006 Posts: 117 Location: Albuquerque, NM
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Link Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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I would too.
I would definitely prefer if the output was YCbCr.
A selectable output would be a great option that would add flexibility and accommodate more varied applications.
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moome
Joined: 01 Jun 2007 Posts: 497
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Link Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 6:47 am Post subject: |
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Speedplay wrote: | I would too.
I would definitely prefer if the output was YCbCr.
A selectable output would be a great option that would add flexibility and accommodate more varied applications. |
yes! special model will support both RGB output or pass by mode!
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Speedplay
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Link Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 12:57 pm Post subject: |
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moome wrote: | Speedplay wrote: | I would too.
I would definitely prefer if the output was YCbCr.
A selectable output would be a great option that would add flexibility and accommodate more varied applications. |
yes! special model will support both RGB output or pass by mode! |
Awesome!
So is this special model MUX-HD, the one I will be receiving in January '08?
Thanks
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moome
Joined: 01 Jun 2007 Posts: 497
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Link Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 5:45 am Post subject: |
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Speedplay wrote: | moome wrote: | Speedplay wrote: | I would too.
I would definitely prefer if the output was YCbCr.
A selectable output would be a great option that would add flexibility and accommodate more varied applications. |
yes! special model will support both RGB output or pass by mode! |
Awesome!
So is this special model MUX-HD, the one I will be receiving in January '08?
Thanks |
most will normal model, it is under production now!
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Nashou66
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getgray
Joined: 31 Aug 2007 Posts: 3
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Link Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 3:05 am Post subject: |
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Moome sent the request to pay the balance last Dec which I did. I have never heard anything else. Does anyone know the staus?
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kal Forum Administrator
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