Cinematrix PSM-1 and Seleco HT200

[lillbabs]

Hello,
yesterday I "discovered" the Cinematrix PSM-1 in a copy of Widescreen Review. It looks very good, and from what Frank Doorhof told me in a mail it would mean a significant picture improvement.

However, it would be great to hear from someone who has tried the Cinematrix PSM-1 on a similiar equipment to mine.

My equipment:
- Pioneer 737 DVD player
- Seleco/SIM2 HT200 projector (800*600 1-chip DLP)
- Connection done using component cabling

The HT200 has a S-VGA (15 pin DSUB) port, and I guess that this is the interface to use with the PSM-1.

Anyway, every input that you might have on this configuration would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
/Hans

[jaco]

Hans,

I am a user of a PSM-1 (in a Pioneer 747) I cannot directly help you with an answer on the HT-200. I guess Frank can, but he is not avialable the first 2 or 3 days i think, so i try to answer your questions.
When you are using a fixed pixel display projector (either DLP, DILA, LCD) it almost always a good idea to drive the projector natively. I mean put in the number of pixels the projector uses for it's display. In your case this will be 800x600 pixles. This way you bypass the internal scaler. This is important, as you do not want 2 scalers handling the signal, as they might inlfuence each other, and thus picture quality.

I know that frank has sold PSM-1 units to more than one customer with a DLP projector. I hope some of them will repsond to your question.
General speaking the picture will improve over the internal scaler, as they moslty do not have a good 3:2 pulldown system included.

Jaco

[J.A.F._Doorhof]

Hi,

Indeed on the DLP you can see a big step forwards when using a PSM-1.

We can directly scale to the native resolution of your panels, and so bypass the internal scalers which are most of the time bad of mediocore.

Greetings,
Frank