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makavelidon04
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Sep 28, 2008, 11:17 PM

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http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8102796&type=product&id=1161734592183

I have a 1080i Panasonic 26' LCD..If I were to get that converter, would it increase my quality of TV, making the quality more real life like, like the new TV's do with the built in HDTV tuners..? Thanks, and I hope you guys know what I'm talking about when it comes to the quality

TANK1
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Sep 29, 2008, 10:11 PM

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All this does is receive over the air signals from your local broadcasters and show them on your set.

A video processor or sometimes called a scaler takes any signal from any source ( sat,cable dvd,vhs etc ) and upconverts it to hd

Here is what one looks like

http://www.projectorcentral.com/dvdo_iscan_vp50.htm

denonjapan
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Sep 30, 2008, 5:45 AM

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I don't think you would see much of difference toward a 26 inch screen, but if you have 1080i progressive screen, should hdtv tuner already built in? if not, then you can use that samsung tuner, However, using a converter defeats the purpose towards 26 screen. Besides Im not sure if you're opt for $2,000.00 scalar for a fraction of your application. get a bigger display instead.

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Chrisry696
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Oct 15, 2008, 8:03 PM

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Remember that most broadcast hd is only 720i. Sounds like your panasonic is a monitor. Just because it can display 1080 interlace input, don't mean that everything will be that definition. The program must be shot in 1080 inorder for you to see the difference. Otherwise they take a lower resolution picture and convert it to "fit" a 1080 display. They can't put more picture information into something that wasn't shot with the information in the first place. There is just not enough 1080 stuff out there yet to make it worth your while. Even Blue-ray is 1080i and not 1080p. At least not the movies I've watched thus far. You won't see that much of a difference to answer your original question. Hope this helps.

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