Philips: DVD963SA DVD player - enabling HD component output
Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2005 2:03 pm
You can download a special firmware for the 963SA that will give you an extra option in the video menu. Next to the already present selection of 480p and 'unprocessed' option a new line with '1080i' will be selectable. The 963 will upconvert the video to 1080i resolution (1920 x 1080 interlaced). A normal TV cannot benefit from this but modern projectors can handle this signal.
The result is an increase in sharpness. The feature does not work completely bugfree. During play the fast forward/reverse should not be used. The output will drop back to a standard 576p output. I have also noticed that you can not select 1080i after you had 'unprocessed/576p' active. You must go to 480p and activate that before you select and activate 1080i. Otherwise there will be no picture at all. Have a normal TV connected to the scart or svideo output of the 963SA to switch selections otherwise it will be hard to choose menu options after the 963sa does not produce a picture from the component output if you make a wrong choice.
You must visit the site to download the firmware
This information came from:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~etmriwi/ht/tweaks.htm
The result is an increase in sharpness. The feature does not work completely bugfree. During play the fast forward/reverse should not be used. The output will drop back to a standard 576p output. I have also noticed that you can not select 1080i after you had 'unprocessed/576p' active. You must go to 480p and activate that before you select and activate 1080i. Otherwise there will be no picture at all. Have a normal TV connected to the scart or svideo output of the 963SA to switch selections otherwise it will be hard to choose menu options after the 963sa does not produce a picture from the component output if you make a wrong choice.
You must visit the site to download the firmware
This information came from:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~etmriwi/ht/tweaks.htm