Blu Ray dmp-bd55

[fodalo]

Chris one more question.
The 5080 Kuro is capable of producing 1080 but is in fact a 720p display.
Will the interlacing and the video crunchin that you mentioned still exsist or still need to be done since its really a 720p nor and HD/1080P unit? Keep in mind I want to hook up the video via Component not HDMI.
Regards

[MrBoylan]

Chris one more question.
The 5080 Kuro is capable of producing 1080 but is in fact a 720p display.
Will the interlacing and the video crunchin that you mentioned still exsist or still need to be done since its really a 720p nor and HD/1080P unit? Keep in mind I want to hook up the video via Component not HDMI.
Regards

Actually Pioneer's PDP-5080 plasma is not capable of displaying a 1080p signal as its native resolution is 1365x768 pixels. But it can accept a 1080p input (over HDMI), which it then scales down to the native 1365x768 resolution of the panel.

The same recommendation holds true as before - HDMI is a better way to connect a Blu-ray player to this set because it saves the interlace/de-interlace step that will be required over component video.

It's possible that the player will interlace the signal well and the TV will then de-interlace the signal equally well, preserving the 24 FPS original frame rate, but when you send any signal like this over analog cables and do unnecessary conversions you introduce a much higher possibility for signal degradation.

Also, if you use HDMI and set the BD player's output to 1080p/24, you'll be able to use the Pioneer's Pure Cinema mode which eliminates judder by displaying the Blu-ray image at an even multiple of the original film's frame rate (it will display 24 frames/second material at 72 frames/second).

Bite the bullet and go HDMI if you want to get the best possible picture out of your system.

Regards,

-Chris