DVDO VP50 Pro Gets THX Treatment

Anchor Bay announced that its new DVDO iScan VP50 PRO video processor now comes with THX certification. This revised processor will also feature HDMI 1.3 chips with support for high definition audio formats such as Dolby TrueHD and dts-HD Master audio as well as 12-bit Deep Color. The processor will convert any incoming analogue or digital signals to a maximum 1080p resolution output via HDMI.

Standard Features

• Mosquito noise reduction
• Fine detail enhancement
• Edge enhancement
• Precision deinterlacing
• PReP (progressive reprocessing) for re interlacing and deinterlacing 480i/576i and 1080i images to re-apply motion adaptive deinterlacing
• Multiple video and film cadence detection and support
• Forced 3:2 mode for Blu-ray and HD DVD to enable judder-free frame-locked 24/48/72Hz output (with compatible displays)
• Game modes with low latency
• Precision Video Scaling II - 10-bit scaling upt o 1080p
• Precision Gamma Correction
• Precision A/V Lipsync

• 4 HDMI 1.3 inputs with 1080p/24/25/50/60 support
• 1 HDMI 1.3 output
• THX Video certification
• ISFccc Day/Night Modes
• 2 programmable 12V triggers
• Flexible Input Aspect Ratio Control (4:3, Letterbox, 4:3 Stretch,
  16:9 and 10- User Defined Presets)
• Individual Overscan Controls, per input, to properly position the
  active image on screen.
• Individual Underscan Controls, per display profile, to eliminate
  Overscan inherent in most displays.
• Support for Anamorphic lens configurations including 2.35:1 constant Image Height projection systems
• Individual Picture Controls per input and per format (Brightness,
  Contrast, Saturation, Hue and Fine Y/C Delay)
• 10 Display Profiles – For multiple display, framerate, and image shift
  configurations
• Full-frame Timebase Correction
• High performance, multi-standard video decoder (10-bit: 480i/576i;
  12- bit: 480p/576p/720p/1080i)
• High-quality super-adaptive comb filter with 2D Y/C separation
• Flexible Digital and Analog Audio switching and routing – 4 HDMI 1.3
  audio/video inputs, 5 assignable audio inputs (4 digital, 1 analog)
  with 1 HDMI 1.3 audio/video output and 2 digital audio outputs
  (optical/coax)
• 10-bit 300MHz Instrumentation Quality DACs (2x Oversampling
  for 1080p)

The processor seems to have all the bells and whistles needed to handle all of the primary functions you'd want in a video processor. As you can see the number of video inputs should be sufficient for most uses (especially when coupled with an AV receiver. The only thing that seems lacking is a second HDMI output, which could certainly be handy in a scenario alternating a flat panel with a projection system.

While THX logo is a welcome sight to many consumers - we feel that the ISF logo (in this case) actually carries more weight and are glad to see it on this processor.