line doubling, dvd resolution, upscaliing???whats best? (1 Viewer)

[Geno]

I have an epson [3 LCD] projector native res. 1024x768. it also has a line doubler inside so s-video and rca[composite] look better. currently, I run a regular dvd player thru s video to my projector. now common sense says if I was to go HTPC, then I would use my monitor out. and get 1024x768 res. my question is, how much better would that be over what I have setup now? wouldnt the computer just scale the dvd res. up to 1024 which is what my projector does with the s-video sinal anyway. if I am missing something, someone please let me know. basically, which way will the imnage look sharper. ps my screen size is 12' diagonal.

geno


ps mods, this is a repeat post from HTPC. just trying to get some answers.

 

[Neil Joseph]

Is your regular DVD player progressive scan?

 

[Geno]

yes it is, but my projector does not accept prog scan info [ie. no component in, just composite and s-video and monitor cable] but ive been told that my projector converts the signal within itself [not sure of the ratio though]. its an epson powerlite 710c.

 

[Geno]

bump

 

[Neil Joseph]

You can probably use your PC to scale the image to 1600 x 1200. I think that projector can accomodate such a hookup. This is probably a question for the HTPC area.