Questions on Onkyo 875 picture scaler

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I have read good things about the HQV Reon scaler (apparently better than Fouradja).

I have 2 questions:

1) Would the scaler in the Onkyo be better than using the scaler in a PS3? I am thinking of buying an averaged priced DVD player and feeding the component into the Onkyo so it can do the processing for me.

2) I heard that 4:3 standard def material when scaled - stretches to 16:9. This could be an issue for me because my intention was to feed the poor quality standard def analog TV signal into the Onkyo to scale it so I can watch an improved image in its native 4:3 form (don't like zooming or stretching the image to fit the full screen as it usually looks terrrible).

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[skr1]

1.yes 2. hmmmmmmmmmmm

 

[Anonymous]

1) Yes

2) Standard definition TV upscaled to 1080p looks pretty good on my TV. Wouldn't dream of watching it at 4:3

 

[Clare Newsome]

1) Yes - very much so.

2) Yes - but a single click on the format button on your TV or projector remote restores it to 4:3, with no zoom/crop.

 

[matengawhat]

Just as a quick question relating to this as i have just bought an 875 - with the output from my Topfield 5810 should i set this to the lowest setting 576p and let the 875 do all the processing - or 720p and let the Onkyo just do the last bit or doesn't it matter? same i guess with the ps3 and toshiba hdep35 for standard dvds? If i send a 1080p signal to the amp will it just bypass the original image or will it send that through the inbuilt scaler aswell? With thanks

 

[Anonymous]

Hi, so the Reon processor is better than the ps3. Do you know if it is better than my Toshiba Hd-xe1 as I thought that this had a Reon procesor too but can't be sure. I tried to see the diff between them both by letting one scale then the other but i found it hard to notice much difference?(would be easier if i had two of the same player and two of the same tellies). Cheers