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Winston · 11-03-2009, 09:42 PM

Nearly three years ago I posted on this thread hoping to discover how to achieve SD performance on an HD monitor equal to my then-existing SD performance on an SD monitor. A review of all posts since confirms the existence of the problem (low SD quality on HD monitors) without providing much insight or guidance on how to solve the problem.

Does anyone know of any studies/tests undertaken (e.g by Consumer Reports or others) that specifically test for SD performance?

Does anyone own an HD monitor/TV that they believe "has done it right" ==> that they believe reproduces SD source material as well as it is reproduced on a quality SD monitor?

Lastly, maybe approaching the problem from the angle of "not trying" to display SD on an HD monitor, instead, "pre-converting" the SD material to HD in an external 'box" ==> Are there 'quality' scan converters available 'at the consumer level' to perform this function?

And one last 'lastly' - - on a related topic - - I have an application where I would like to display two SD images on a single HD monitor (side-by-side, of equal size). Are there products out there that would permit this combination of two/multiple source inputs?

11-03-2009, 09:42 PM	#148
Winston Personal Video Editing Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chicago Posts: 2	SD Performance Study? Scan Converters? Nearly three years ago I posted on this thread hoping to discover how to achieve SD performance on an HD monitor equal to my then-existing SD performance on an SD monitor. A review of all posts since confirms the existence of the problem (low SD quality on HD monitors) without providing much insight or guidance on how to solve the problem. Does anyone know of any studies/tests undertaken (e.g by Consumer Reports or others) that specifically test for SD performance? Does anyone own an HD monitor/TV that they believe "has done it right" ==> that they believe reproduces SD source material as well as it is reproduced on a quality SD monitor? Lastly, maybe approaching the problem from the angle of "not trying" to display SD on an HD monitor, instead, "pre-converting" the SD material to HD in an external 'box" ==> Are there 'quality' scan converters available 'at the consumer level' to perform this function? And one last 'lastly' - - on a related topic - - I have an application where I would like to display two SD images on a single HD monitor (side-by-side, of equal size). Are there products out there that would permit this combination of two/multiple source inputs?