Posted by Jeff Rife on 07/03/06 17:01

Joshua Zyber (joshzyber@comcast.net) wrote in alt.video.dvd:
> > - no HD player yet has 1080p output
>
> The Samsung Blu-ray player will output 1080p. However, to get there, the
> original 1920x1080 data on the Blu-ray disc is first decoded as 1080i
> and then deinterlaced to 1080p by a Faroudja deinterlacing chip. So it
> goes from 1080p->1080i->1080p.

That's why I said that no HD player has 1080p output. At that point,
you have all the flaws of the Faroudja chip (and there are a few) coming
into play.

And, there are still problems with it then working with displays.

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