HDMI Scaling.. I'm pissed!!!!

[Oddiophile]

Originally Posted by JJxiv1215

While I read the website, explain this Edge machine more to me - it looks interesting...

Stand alone video scaler's are nothing new they have been around for years. Most consumers have never heard of them because they have been a specialty item retailing for $2,000 to as much as $10,000. They are stand alone video hubs that you plug all your video equipment into and the scaler rescale's the image to the resolution of your display much like an up-converting DVD player does. But this will do any component you plug into it and do a better job scaling then your DVD player or receiver could. The scaler's in most DVD players, Blu-ray players, TV's, receivers, are crap. They will upscale your video but can add ringing, halo's, and other unwanted artifacts to the picture.

The Edge is based off of DVDO's flagship scailer, the $3500 VP50pro but is targeted at consumers with a retail price of $799. The Edge can be found for less then $800, I have seen power buys for the Edge at $500. As HD becomes more abundant the need for a video scailer becomes less. If you watch a lot of standard def then something like the Edge may before you. If you watch a lot of HD then an Edge may be over kill for you.

Basically the Edge would be set to output the native resolution of your TV (lets say 1920 X 1080p) then your gaming consoles, DVD player, Blu-ray player all plug into the Edge. The Edge does have two HDMI out's so one can go directly to the TV and the other to the receiver. Now any resolution you send to the Edge that is not 1920 X 1080p the Edge will scale up. A 1920 X 1080p resolution will just be passed threw to the TV so basically the Edge bypasses your TV's internal scaler giving better video quality.