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Botriechis
Joined: 06 May 2011
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| Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 1:41 pm Post subject: Does anyone feed his BARCO 1208s with 1080p? |
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Hello friends,
I am going to install a Barco 1208s and would like to know if certain of you have already used this model in 1080p with a HTPC or a blu-ray player. Are the results convincing, in particular in terms of precision?
Thanks to you for your experiences.
David.
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piratepowwow
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| Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 4:07 pm Post subject: |
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I have a 1208, but I believe it uses different tubes than the 1208s so your results may be better or worse.
I have tried many different resolutions and used a very fine test pattern to judge the differences.
Best picture quality is either 1080p@48hz(there is very slight flicker at this refresh rate) or 1080i@48/96hz which has no flicker.
Most of the time I use 720p@60hz because I use it for netflix/web browsing and video games. When I watch blu-ray I switch it to 1080i@48/96hz.
Can you tell a difference in detail between 720 and 1080? Yes, but it is pretty slight. One pixel wide lines do get finer with 1080, but if they are in a bright area, the bloom can cover up the detail. If you use a high gain screen you will actually be able to see more detail because you can turn your brightness down and reduce the bloom.
I would not recommend 1080p at a refresh higher than 48hz because it starts to bleed pretty badly to the right.
I have not tried a blu-ray player with 24p output and don't know what the refresh would be. If higher than 48hz, forget it. If it's 24hz, forget it.
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Botriechis
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| Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 4:59 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you very much for your complete answer. 
Effectively tubes are not the same between 1208 and one 1208s, nor between the various versions of 1208s ( Sony or Toshiba tubes) but I'm not sure that it has an influence on the possibility of having ''better 1080p''... 
In any case, I think that it is more pleasant to viex 1080i in 96Hz than 1080p in 48Hz.
For the Blu-ray player, I don't still know if I shall use one or if I shall read ISO images from an HTPC.
Thanks to you.
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zGman
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| Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 7:06 pm Post subject: |
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Well - there are some differences between early and later type Barco chassis,
I have spent a lot of time working with them - you may discover that you get
decent results at 1080P 60Hz. It does help with set-up to be able to adjust video
timings/porches with a PC or scaler.
G
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Botriechis
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| Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 8:14 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you for your intervention zGman.
It would be great if the 1080p in 60Hz could give good results! 
As soon as the 1208 is at home, I shall test it with a PC and with a scaler (Optoma HD 3000).
Bye.
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