Ok, after the tiring tweaks and a failed experiment im giving my most honest view of my newly acquired Bravia 32v200a.
(pasensya na po sa pics, nasa kama ako (usual vantage point) nung kinuhanan ko, lumulubog kaya paling + pasmadaong kamay (blurr) hehe)
Test setup:
HTPC:
Pentium 4 Preshot 3.0ghz @ 3.6ghz
MSI 865PE Platinum Edition
X1950Pro AGP
2 x 512mb Twinmos
X-fi Fatality ExtremeGamer Pro
Klipsch Promedia GMX 2.1
PowerDvd 6 Deluxe Edition with all the add-ons (my peyborit dvd player)
Crap HT:
(fanet) Samsung DVD P205-K with progressice Scan (no 720p/1080i upscaling)
Klipsch Promedia GMX 2.1
i say it's crap because i'm a pioneer dvdp fanatic (free kasi ung
samsung-pinahiram lang ng may-ari ng condo
), i have no receiver and 5.1ch set-up here in SG kaya "acceptable" lang ang sound ng HT/HTPC set-up na ito...
DVDs Tested
POTC: CotBP
2Fast 2Furious
Xmen 2
The animal
First up analogue connection: S-video on Samsung
crap, doesn't give justice to the HDTV
better use this on CRT
Next: COmponent on Samsung
Since im using a progressive scanning but not upscaling capable dvd player, i was expecting a so-so PQ. Unlike the s-video, the component connection gave justice to the HDTV. However, i was a bit disappointed at firts because i was expecting a so-so but, hey, not a near analogue display! Untweaked component video is near s-video output. After some tweaking on the settings; custom color + "wide" gave a more realistic hues of red/blue/green from the scene (Jack Sparrow's skin and cap, leaves and the sea). The color reproduction and overall PQ after the tweak were better - almost (but not quite) at par with the VGA output. Note that this is not yet upscaled to 720p, upscaled output may give same results with the VGA.
HTPC: The spotlight!
Theoretically, i don't know what upscaling is. Survey says, upscaling is just upcoverting (pareho lang un diba?) 480i encoded dvd to 720p or 1080i reso using upscaling capable dvd player. If i undestood it right, its an HD for SD, i mean making SD dvd HD. For my HTPC's case, it's just the toggled full screen view of PowerDVD on the HDTV @ 1360 x 768 (ang simple no?). Testing the 3 dvds mentioned above, i saw astonishing funtastic output. No ghosting noticed on 2Fast 2Furious first race scene and air arrest scene in Xmen2. Great reds/blues/greens, deep black and light lights in all the dvds specially on Pirates. Potc dvd is rich in black - you can really appreaciate the dark/night scenes, the chapter where jack and ms swan were isolated in a Caribbean Island is like... paradise!. Full anamorphic dvd - The Animal was good (puno ang tv) no pixelation noticed. Cinema-like.
HTPC: DVI on 20" Viewsonic
Can you see the difference on the PQ?
HTPC: HDMI-DVI connection
bwiset na cable! hindi gumana! failed experiment!
TV and HD Cable viewing mode was not tested because nasa kwarto ko itong set-up na
ito, nasa sala ung cable box. =)
Since this TV is really intended for HT, i can consider the non-HT perfomance as very very good freebie already. Good-detailed-BIG-widescreen monitor @ 1360 x 768, masarap mag-youtube dito!
720p on x1950 Pro tv-out component:
GMAnews.TV:
Overall, I can say almost near perfect cinematic experience. My setup just lacks the whole audio department.
Ow btw, can you imagine your pr@n collection played @ full screen? try it =)