De-interlacing and digital display units.

More and more people are taking a liking to digital TVs and digital display units. Needless to say, there are several factors that will need to be considered while shopping for the 'right' unit.

One of these factors is the de-interlacer that converts analog video signals to digital signals before the display unit can 'publish' them for our eyes. As we will be stuck with having to watch non-digital video for quite some time, we will have to remmeber that the digital set will have to be able to handle analog signals almost as well as it can handle digital feeds. This is where a good de-interlacer comes into the picture. One of the best de-interlacers in the market today happens to be DCDi by Faroudja which does a great job of converting analog feeds to digital feeds. I see this at work almost every day.

Other de-interlacers are available too, but it is always a good idea to check out how a display unit handles analog feeds before you decide to purchase the unit. Most shops will never feed the digital display units in the showroom with non-digital video (like regular, non-HD, cable/satellite video). So, be sure to ask for a demo so that you can compare both digital/regular video at work before deciding on that digital purchase.