JVC question

[dickkwikkwek]

Ok,

I have a high-end JVC surround set at my house. It's around 3 years now but it still rox your sox. With a seperate reciever and DVD player and stuff... golden cables, golden plugs, high end Magnat speakers.... you know the deal. I recently bought a cupboard storage for the TV and the set. Then i saw that my TV has component-in. I didn't notice it when i first installed it. The DVD player is hooked up now with ProfiGold RGB Scart cable. The TV a JVC, 82CM widescreen, 100Hz, digital scan, D.I.S.T. and everything.... there is also "1280I" printed on it. (dunno what that means, hasn't that to do with HDTV?).

Unfortunately the DVD player i currently have doesn't have component out. My question is, is it worth it to upgrade to a DVD player that does have component out (which would be in my case around €79 since i want everything JVC), so i can watch DVD's in progressive scan (the TV does support that)? Will i be able to tell the diffrence between an RGB signal and a component signal? I've never seen progressive scan for real on a TV, since it's not populair in the Netherlands (really, we suck. Most DVD players here are still hooked up with composite, go figure).

I'm a guy who likes really good sound and screen quality, but spending around €100 (cables included) on something that's barely better than i have now isn't something i want. Not that i have too much money or something, lol.

Thanks.

[gshelley61]

Is your TV a CRT (widescreen tube), a rear projection CRT TV, or a rear projection LCD, DLP, fixed pixel type - the display you have directly relates to whether a progressive scan (or a 1080i upscaling type) DVD player will make much visible difference.

[dickkwikkwek]

It's a CRT tube.

[gshelley61]

CRT direct view TV's, even high res HDTV's, don't seem to benefit as much from upscaling DVD players as do the fixed pixel type displays (plasma, LCD, DLP, etc.)

That's been the general consensus... you might try visiting http://www.avsforum.com and see if anyone has talked about your specific unit, though.

[edDV]

I have a CRT HDTV and see some benefit from progressive output especially from effects intensive theatrical commercial DVDs that tend to force aliasing errors in the TV's progressive conversion. My Pioneer DV-363 significantly outperforms the generic $50 Chinese player in progressive mode.

But I have to say I see a much greater benefit (maybe 80% of the difference) from component analog connections vs NTSC S-Video. I recommend you borrow a progressive component DVD player and test both component interlace and progressive modes with your set. Good DVD players are cheap.