Well I really got to put the Realta Video processing to the test. Got the S-Video cable that I had been waiting for, and connected my Pioneer DLV-919 Laser Disc player. After setting the scalers options and going through the various picture adjustment settings, I did a thorough evaluation.
The LD's I used were Cutthroat Island, Grumpy Old Men, and Eyes of an Angel. All of these have poor or mediocre picture quality and always exhibited a very grainy and dull picture. Through the iScan Ultra the PQ was an improvement, but still not very good. Now for the first time I can actually see myself enjoying these movies on LD. While nothing could make these LD's look as good as what we are now accustomed to seeing with up-converted DVD, they are however, the best I have ever seen them. Color fidelity, a much sharper image, a lot less grain, and better contrast, really breathed new life into these old LD's. Since I own many LD's that have never been released on DVD, HD DVD, let alone Blu-ray, at least I can now once again enjoy them.
The Realta scaler/processor really impressed me.
Seth