Hi,
If the blu ray player has component out (not just composite or s-video
and HDMI), then there is no need for the HDFury.
The threat has been that the MPAA would force the BluRay makers to only
output 720p, 1080p and 1080i via HDCP enabled HDMI, and would force down
resolution to 480p on component output.
Some cable companies have done this for specific pay per view items, but
nothing else (yet?).
The issue is devices like the HD PVR that let's you re-encode from
Component inputs, the MPAA hates this idea/concept, and want's to close
the "analog hole" where you can re-digitize analog output (and the
analog basically can't have encryption on it).
Harry
On 11/29/11 11:29 AM, Veech wrote:
> Here is an old thread from the AVS forum from a guy who is in exactly
> the same position as me, has a Pioneer 503CMX display and wants to get
> a Blu-Ray, is debating on whether or not to get an adapter like the
> HDFury. He was looking at the HDFury 2 which had issues, but that was
> 3 years ago. I'm considering the HD Fury 3.
>
> http://72.9.159.100/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1085316
>
> However o posts in this thread makes the following statement and I
> think it makes sense:
> -------------------------------------
> This panel has a native resolution of 1280x768. No matter what signal
> you feed into the tv, the built-in scalar is going to convert it to
> this resolution. If you feed it 1080p, it's going to have 768 lines.
> If you feed it 720p, it's going to have 768 lines. There is not going
> to be a big difference. 720p might even look better.
>
> In terms of upconverting, if you play a dvd, to display on this panel,
> it has to be upconverted somewhere to the native resolution of the
> screen. If you use an upconverting player, it might do a good job
> upconverting it to 1080p but then the tv is going to have to
> downconvert it to fit on the 768 lines. If you feed the tv the 480p of
> the dvd then the tv will upconvert it to the native resolution. Even
> if the upconverter in the blue ray player is really good, I question
> whether the final result after an upconvert followed by a downconvert
> will be better than the upconvert done by the tv itself.
>
> For blue ray, you can set up the player to output any resolution. I
> tried 1080i and 720p and, I think, the 720p looks a little better so I
> set it to that. Blue ray disks definitely look better than regular
> dvd's on the display.
>
> And the output of my cable box is 720p.
>
> So I guess the bottom line is that I think that it makes sense to get
> a blue ray player and hook it up with component cables to the 5002 and
> set the player to output 720p.
>
> I'm not going to get rid of a perfectly good display or spend several
> hundred dollars so that I can feed it 1080p that it can't display. And
> even if it could, a lot of experts will tell you that this additional
> resolution is a small factor compared to the better color, contrast,
> black levels etc. that the newer displays have.
>
> What's wrong with this thinking?
> ------------------------------------
>
> What do you guys think of his reasoning? Would hooking up a BluRay
> player to the old plasma set with component cables defeat the purpose?
>
> Veech
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julian Zottl"
> <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 07:42
> Subject: Re: [H] HD Fury
>
>
>> Very interesting little device! I don't need one, but it seems like
>> a very
>> sound piece of engineering. If you end up getting it, let us know
>> how it
>> is!
>> ----
>> Julian
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 2:28 AM, Veech <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Has anyone on the list ever used the HD Fury device?
>>>
>>> http://www.hdfury.com/
>>>
>>> I have an older Pioneer 50" plasma that works great but it was made
>>> just
>>> prior to HDMI. I am thinking about getting the HDFury 3 because I
>>> want to
>>> get a Blu-Ray player.
>>>
>>> Anyone have any opinions on this one?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
