Esoteric DV-50 'S' Upgrade


Has anyone gone through the Esoteric DV-50 to DV-50 'S' upgrade yet? I would very much like to know of your experience, and any feeling on the improvement to video quality by using the DVI output.

Thanks
david_aitken

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David,

I had a DV-50S before the DV-50 I have now. The video on both is very good. But I chose the sell the S and get the regular version and use an iScan HD, potentially with SDI, but I haven’t done that yet.

I will say that just through component out of the DV-50 into the iScan, the PQ is much better to me than the DV-50S. With the S, test patterns were just about perfect from the DVI, but it lacked detail when watching a DVD. The component had more detail, but was kind of soft. Plus, there are no picture controls on the DVI output.

What I have now is really nice. I would recommend it over the update even though it is more expensive. You are more flexible with the external scaler too.

FWIW, I am using a Sharp XV-Z10000U DLP front projector onto a 92" screen.

Dave