Toshiba A3 or A30?? With a 1080i TV

[cal_tony]

I've read whatever posts I could find find regarding both players and I'm still not
sure about the advantages of having the 1080p feature for a TV with only a 1080i
capacity. Posts indicate that the A30 does a better job of upscaling DVDs but with
Holiday sales of the A3, the price differential between them is 2 to 1.
Is it worth paying double the price for the A30?

Tony

[RabidDog]

NO

[MJA]

you can get the Toshiba HD-A20 for $250 ,but still your TV will not take advantage of the 1080p .nice to have though

http://www.circuitcity.com/ccd/productDetail.do?oid=177337&WT.mc_n=388565&WT.mc_t=U&cm...keycode=388565

[cal_tony]

MJA
You said that my TV, since it was a 1080i TV, and could not take advantage of a twice the price 1080p player, it would still be nice to have.

That was the whole purpose of starting this thread.

Why would it be nice to have it at twice the price? I don't mind paying double for something worthwhile. But, my original question was why would it be worth it.

Tony

[edDV]

If we are talking about USA movies, 1080i would be 1080p/23.976fps telecined to 1080i/29.97. A good HDTV will inverse telecine (IVTC) in hardware back to 1080p/23.976fps and then frame repeat for display so in theory there is no difference in what you see on the screen between a 1080i or 1080p HDMI connection.

For PAL you might avoid the 4% speedup with a 1080p/24fps connection.

It would help if you identified your country and TV model number.

[cal_tony]

edDV,
Sorry about not including the relevant information. but I think you already answered my question. Anyway, Country? The great state of California! Model? Mitsubishi Ws-65813. From the manual, the indication is it is a 1080i TV not a 1080p TV so thats why I was wondering if spending the extra money would make any difference.

Tony

[edDV]

edDV,
Sorry about not including the relevant information. but I think you already answered my question. Anyway, Country? The great state of California! Model? Mitsubishi Ws-65813. From the manual, the indication is it is a 1080i TV not a 1080p TV so thats why I was wondering if spending the extra money would make any difference.

Tony

Ahh, a true 1080i interlace scan rear projection CRT HDTV. What you have is different than the recent plasma and LCD progressive flat screens. Your TV is designed to view the 1080i image directly (including telecined movies). There is no way for that set to accept or project 1080p so buy the cheaper model and enjoy.

Plasma and LCD displays must convert the 1080i broadcast to 1080p (or other native resolution) by deinterlace or IVTC. They are natively progressive. Deinterlace is destructive, IVTC when done right can be a perfect restoration. Those sets can benefit by a 1080p connection if the source can process the image better than the processor in the TV. Your TV doesn't need to deal with that.

A good review of your TV can be found here. Download the PDF.
http://www.avguide.com/products/product-2653/

[cal_tony]

Thank You ed DV
Tony