How much are line doublers? (1 Viewer)

[Dave H]

I was told a line doubler for me will eliminate the visibilty of seeing scan lines on my 4X3 RPTV. What's the cost these days of line doublers?

 

[Mike I]

If your RPTV is an NTSC or analog set, you would not be able to use a line doubler with it...HD ready sets already have built in line doublers.

 

[Len Cheong]

If your tv can accept progressive inputs (HDTV ready, that is), you can use a cheap version 1 ISCAN line doubler that can be purchased for $150 used. The pro version of this can be picked up for $400-500. HDTVs already do contain line doublers but unless they cost upwards of $2500, their internal line doublers can be bested by the ISCAN units.

 

[Jay Mitchosky]

I was told a line doubler for me will eliminate the visibilty of seeing scan lines on my 4X3 RPTV.

If you're seeing scan lines you probably don't have an HD ready set, or you're sitting incredibly close to a progressive set.

 

[Dave H]

My TV is a Two yr old Sony 4X3 analog set. I sit 16 feet away from the screen and the scan lines are just barely visible. If I could totally eliminate this (relatively cheap) I would like to. So, would a line doubler work?

 

[Michael TLV]

Greetings

Only if your TV accepts a 480P input.

Yours does not.

You are out of luck.

Regards

 

[Richard Guleff]

I have purchased, but not recieved, an Iscan Pro, for my 40xbr700. Will I see any improvement?

 

[Chuck C]

for richard...

maybe, but I predict not by much because the new XBRs have a de-interlacer built-in. I believe it's the same one used in the Sony progressive scan DVD players (Genesis). At any rate, you're gonna get 3:2 pulldown for any source connected to your XBR.

 

[LaMarcus]

Does 3:2 pull down work on ntsc signal? You know a regular brodast? And My prog. dvd plaver has the option for selecting video or film or auto for the pulldown, what i wanna know is how can you tell which one your dvd is? So I just do auto detect.

 

[Andrew s wells]

does the toshiba 50H81 have 3:2 pulldown? Just curious. I get mine next tuesday and truly cannot wait...but i guess i have to.