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Originally Posted by Gizmosgadget
I was going to upload some pics from the DPS575/X75 but there was a thread on this a number of years ago with some excellent examples that highlight the weaknesses of this unit. I'll see what I can do with the FS1. Can we upload .tga files? That's the only format that Media Express uses for saving stills.
https://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/vid...dps575-vs.html |
Huh. I do see the chroma blurring there on the DPS575 there in that thread. Unfortunately, the test pattern used seems to be a paid test pattern DVD, so I can't exactly re-create that test specifically to see if my DPS575's have the same problem.
I will say that my DPS575 did have something like 15 bad SMT caps (which is all of them) on the main board, so I wouldn't be surprised if that could be potentially something related to bad caps (at least partially). I did fully recap mine, but again, haven't really done any testing yet. I also have a DPS470 which I'll also be testing eventually - Those use standard through-hole caps, but I also found most of those to be bad as well, so I recapped that too.
Seems like we need a more standard way of comparing quality with easily available identical source material. Perhaps using some patterns on the "Video Essentials" DVD played through a DVD player? Those are plentiful on ebay for less than $10 - I have a copy of that as well for testing purposes down the line.
