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"DMP-BD10 Objective Measurements
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First let me apologize for starting another Panasonic thread. There are several and I was not sure which one to post into.
I ran some objective tests on the DMP-BD10 last night, my results are below. I have included Samsung and Toshiba results as well. I only looked at the HDMI to HDMI scenario. I dont care about the other scenarios and have no plans to test them. Kris Deering will most likely look at them. I also only looked at HD performance.
I fed the output of the BD-10 into a DVDO VP50 and then into the Marantz VP11S1. I looked at both the 1080p and 1080i outputs.
When running 1080p, the only option was 60 Hz from the Panasonic.
HDMI Output Format
Panasonic DMP-BD10
YCbCr 4:4:4
Toshiba HD-A1
YCbCr 4:2:2
Samsung BD-P1000
YCbCr 4:4:4
Pixel Cropping:
Panasonic DMP-BD10
Left: 0
Top: 0
Right: 0
Bottom: 0
Comments: This is perfect behavior. You actually get all 1920x1080 pixels.
Toshiba HD-A1
Left: 0
Top: 0
Right: 0
Bottom: 0
Comments: This is perfect behavior. You actually get all 1920x1080 pixels.
Samsung BD-P1000
Left: 8
Top: 2
Right: 1
Bottom: 0
Comments: As you can tell, the Samsung is not able to provide a true 1920x1080 active image. You are only getting 1911x1078 of real picture.
Dynamic Range HDMI to HDMI
Panasonic DMP-BD10
Above White Fail Clips
Below Black Fail Clips
Comments: The player has built-in picture controls. If you lower contrast down to -4 through -7, it will no longer clip. However, you are compressing the dynamic range. Steps are introduced, which show up as contouring. If you adjust brightness, you can make below black appear. If you do this, you are actually raising the black level of the player. I suspect this clipping may be caused by the bug in the Silicon Image 9030 HDMI transmitter. If they were to output YCbCr 4:2:2, it may fix the problem.
Toshiba HD-A1
Above White Pass
Below Black Pass
Samsung BD-P1000
Above White Pass
Below Black Pass
Luma Resolution
I looked at both horizontal and vertical resolution out to Nyquist. All three players were fine in this regard. There was no apparent roll-off.
Chroma Resolution
Panasonic DMP-BD10
The horizontal Nyquist burst was pretty much gray. Something in the player must be filtering out this high resolution information. Vertical was fine.
Toshiba HD-A1
Both horizontal and vertical produced the full resolution out to Nyquist.
Samsung BD-P1000
There was a loss of vertical resolution at Nyquist. I suspect this is caused by the filtering in the Cortez (Genesis/Faroudja) chip.
Chroma Bug
It is great to see that Keith Jack can both spend time on AVS and product manage the Sigma decoder family. The same cannot be said for his competition. The Sigma is an excellent decoder and has set a high bar.
Panasonic DMP-BD10
ICP: This player does not have a filter to reduce the ICP artifact.
2-2: Pass This player does not suffer from 2-2 chroma bug.
2-3: Pass This player does not suffer from 2-3 chroma bug.
Toshiba HD-A1
ICP: This player does not have a filter to reduce the ICP artifact.
2-2: Fail This player suffers from the 2-2 chroma bug.
2-3: Fail This player suffers from the 2-3 chroma bug.
Samsung BD-P1000
ICP: This player does include a filter to reduce the ICP artifact. Sadly it is present on both 1080i and 1080p. If a filter is included, it should only exist for the 1080p output.
2-2: Fail This player suffers from the 2-2 chroma bug.
2-3: Fail This player suffers from the 2-3 chroma bug.
Deinterlacing
I believe the Panasonic is using the AVC2510 while the Samsung is using the Cortez. Faroudja was once the leader in deinterlacing, today they are at the bottom of the barrel. Neither player can deinterlace 2-2, but both support 2-3 deinterlacing.
If you have the DVDO VP50, Anthem D2 or the Marantz VP11S1, I highly recommend you use the 1080i output of these players. It will do a better job creating the 1080p image than the players will. "