The Sony Qualia 001 Wonder Box

[Jason Dunn]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.i4u.com/article2730.html' target='_blank'>http://www.i4u.com/article2730.html</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Sony introduces a new wonder box in its high end Qualia line. The Qualia 001 Q001-CB01 (Creation Box) converts lower resolution video sources into HD image resolution. Advanced signal processors convert video with a resolution of 720 x 480 dots to 1,920 x 1,080 dots. Not sure how great the resulting image will be, but at the a price of 500,000 yen (~$5,000) it should do wonders. The Qualia 001 also supports zooming into video images with up to 9x."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/sony_qualia_001.jpg" /><br /><br />You know, the more I think about it, the more I realize that it's a good thing I don't live in Japan - I'd spend every penny I had on cool gadgets and live in a cardboard box on the street. :lol: Zooming pixels, and pixel interpolation, tends to be messy - but perhaps this product does it better than anything I've seen thus far?

[jeffd]

wow, 5 grand. You know, you would prolly be better off building a hdtv capable computer with a beefy cpu, and then you can filter all your movie needs through ffdshow. Ffdshow is commonly known for its ability to support most video and audio formats in one driver, but if you take the time to try out its filters, you can significantly improve video quality with deblocking, color, smooth and sharpness filters. Im sure the smooth + deblocking combined with the high res would do wonders for low quality content.