DVDO EDGE High-Definition Video Processor

by DVDO

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 16.9 x 10.3 x 2.1 inches ; 6.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 10 pounds
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• ASIN: B001D4KWXM
• Item model number: EDGE
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #37,725 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

Manufacturer's Description -- July 22, 2008

Manufacturer's Description -- July 22, 2008 The DVDO EDGE is a video processor and A/V hub that gives you the bestHD quality from standard video sources like standard DVD and standard cable, satellite or broadcast television signals. The secret is in the outboard video processor's computer processing capabilities, which provide deinterlacing and scaling far superior to that included in most HDTVs or upconverting DVD players. Perhaps the most amazing thing about the EDGE is that it provides the kind of technology that previously cost 5-15 times the retail price of the EDGE.

The EDGE converts standard definition, high definition and PC signals from up to ten sources (including six HDMI 1.3 compatible devices) at any source resolution up to 1080p. EDGE has a very intuitive user interface which makes installation a breeze. EDGE has two HDMI 1.3 outputs, one with audio and video and one with audio only to facilitate connections to an HDMI/DVI equipped display and HDMI AV Receiver. An optical audio output is available for older AV Receivers. A back lit universal remote control with a luxurious "soft-touch" finish is also included.

Features

• New -- Sleek New Product Design with luxurious "soft-touch" finish
  
• New -- Intuitive Display/Source Setup Wizards make installation a breeze and on-sreen hints area available for all controls and user-definable names for all inputs using keyboard entry
  
• New -- Rear Panel IR Input (mini-jack) for use with existing automation systems.
• New -- Back Lit Learning Universal Remote Control with luxurious "soft-touch" finish and Discrete Input selection.
• New -- Internal Universal Power Supply
  
• Dedicated HDMI Audio Only Output for connections to AV Receivers and Processors
• 6 HDMI 1.3 Inputs with increased spacing between connectors for cables with large overmoulding, including a new "hidden" front-panel HDMI input, all of which process 480i/p, 576i/p, 720p-50/60, 1080i-50/60, 1080p-24/25/50/60, and VGA-SXGA@60Hz signals (Learn more)
  

Incorporates All of Anchor Bay’s acclaimed Video Reference Series (VRS) technologies:

• Precision Deinterlacing – 480i/576i/1080i 10-bit Motion, Edge & Source Adaptive Deinterlacer eliminates many of the artifacts found in common deinterlacers to produce a smooth image, free of artifacts such as jagged edges and combing (Learn more)
  
• PReP - Progressive ReProcessing of 480p, 576p and 1080p input signals allows poor deinterlacing of any source to be undone and done correctly using Precision Deinterlacing (Learn more)
  
• Mosquito Noise Reduction - Reduces random noise which appears along the edges of compressed images in SD and HD content (Learn more)
  
• Fine Detail Enhancement – Extracts fine detail in low resolution or compressed SD or HD content (Learn more)
  
• Edge Enhancement – Sharpens edges without adding ringing (Learn more)
• Precision Video Scaling II - 10-bit Scaling up to 1080p (Learn more)
  
• Progressive Cadence Detection of 480p, 576p, 720p and 1080p input signals – Allows source-locked framerate output of film-based content (24/25Hz) (Learn more)
  
• Rightrate – High-Performance Framerate Conversion which enables 1080p-24Hz output of film-based content (Learn more)
  
• Precision A/V Lipsync - Intelligent digital audio delay technology to match Audio and Video timing (Learn more)
  
• AutoCUE-C – Automatic Chroma Upsampling Error detection and correction (Learn more)
  
• Aspect Ratio Controls (Learn more)
  

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Mosquito Noise Reduction

Without Reduction

Video compression is a commonly used technique to squeeze more video content onto a disc, or beam down more channels via satellite, or transmit more channels over a cable. By using video compression content providers can achieve better economies of scale and offer the consumer more video content - e.g. more channels, bonus materials, etc. The problem with nearly all video compression methods is that too much of it causes compression artifacts. These artifacts are often seen by the viewer as ugly ringing around text letters or noise - often called mosquito noise. To counter this Anchor Bay has developed a proprietary method of selectively removing mosquito noise. Unlike some methods of noise reduction that often makes the image worse by removing too much detail or causing blurring during motion, Anchor Bay's Mosquito Noise Reduction is designed to isolate the most objectionable of artifacts without removing detail or causing motion blur. To do this Anchor Bay had to devise a proprietary method of both isolating and predicting areas in the image where this noise is likely to occur. The end result is a highly effective noise reduction method that is impervious to motion, yet, largely maintains the integrity of the detail in the image through our conservative approach in removing video compression artifacts.

With Reduction

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Fine Detail & Edge Enhancement

Sharpness controls are not new in the world of video - nearly every TV sold in the last 20 years features a sharpness control. However, sharpening controls merely accentuate medium detail at the expense of fine detail and often add horrible "halos" around the edges and lines. While this trick was a reasonable approach for standard definition TV, when screen sizes were well under 30 inches, today's large screen TVs and HDTVs have made traditional sharpness controls highly undesirable since the damage they cause is now magnified with such larger screens. In addition, traditional sharpening controls tend to exaggerate any noise in the image by making it more pronounced so noise becomes even more pronounced when viewed on a large screen HDTV. Anchor Bay has designed Fine Detail & Edge Enhancement with large screen HDTVs in mind. Using patent pending technology, Fine Detail & Edge Enhancement is able to isolate areas of the image where hard edges are prevalent and increase fine details without adding halos or ringing. The net effect is quite extraordinary - images have more "pop" and fine detail such as blades of grass or even the pores on an actor's face are drawn out making your large screen HDTV even more enjoyable. Moreover, Mosquito Noise Reduction can be used to remove objectionable ringing and noise in the image before using Fine Detail & Edge Enhancement to draw out the fine details in the image.
No Processing	Detail Enhancement	Edge Enhancement

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Precision Deinterlacing

Anchor Bay's 10-bit Precision Deinterlacing of standard and high definition delivers the image quality demanded by today's large-screen, high-resolution displays. It eliminates many of the artifacts found in common deinterlacers to produce a smooth image, free of artifacts such as jagged edges and combing. All processing is performed at full 10-bit resolution to preserve all the detail and subtle nuances in the video source. Edge-adaptive processing uses an adaptive, continuous-angle detection algorithm to accurately identify and smooth image edges. Unique, "any-cadence" processing automatically locks to the wide variety of film and animation cadences found in current video sources, including non-standard cadences, and will track right through many types of "bad edits" and cadence changes.

• Five-field motion adaptive deinterlacing for video sources
• Advanced cadence detection for film and animation sources
• Game Mode with very low latency (sub-1 frame delay) for maximum "playability"
• Edge adaptive processing to produce smooth diagonal edges
• Three frame video processing delay (Max)
• Arbitrary cadence detection (any:any) to detect non-standard cadences in input signals.
• Reliable 2:2 pull-down detection for 50Hz countries
• Detection of 2:2 ↔ 3:2 crossfades and out of phase 3:2 crossfades
• Detection of multiple source types within a frame
• Bad edit detection and compensation to minimize artifacts caused by sequence breaks in film content

Precision Video Scaling

Anchor Bay's 10-bit Precision Video Scaling technology is based on Anchor Bay's proprietary video scaling engine that can independently scale an image horizontally and vertically to achieve an outstanding picture quality for today's high resolution video displays. The scaling engine is completely flexible, accepting standard definition (480p, 576p) and high definition (720p, 1080i and 1080p) inputs and outputting the most popular resolutions from VGA (640x480) to 1080p (1920x1080). Since the scaling engine is completely flexible, other image manipulation features are also supported including zoom and pan.

PReP, Progressive ReProcessing

Anchor Bay's Progressive ReProcessing (PReP) is the video processing industry's first processing method that significantly improves progressive video signals and removes artifacts caused by inferior interlaced-to-progressive conversion.

Video signals that originate in an interlaced format are often degraded by artifacts incurred when the signal is converted from interlaced to progressive formats by general purpose chips in DVD players, AV receivers, and set-top boxes. Until now, there has been no way to improve these signals to optimize images on high-resolution displays. Poor interlaced-to-progressive conversion is especially problematic with large-screen HDTVs, as upscaling to higher resolutions often amplifies artifacts created in the conversion process, making them more noticeable.

As a solution to this problem, Anchor Bay introduces PReP, an advanced video processing technology that reverts the progressive video signal output from source equipment to its original interlaced format. PReP then converts the interlaced signal to progressive format, this time applying the source, edge, and motion adaptive algorithms in its Precision Deinterlacing technology to eliminate jaggies, combing, and other degrading effects. PReP technology allows 480p, 576p, 1080p/50, 1080p/60, and other formats to be processed by this method.

Progressive Cadence Detection

Film-based content, which originated at 24 frames per second, is broadcast at 50 or 60Hz. Anchor Bay's Progressive Cadence Detection can lock on to the original 3:2 cadence in the broadcast, reacquiring the original 24 frames per second. This signal can then be output at a source-locked 24Hz eliminating the judder that existed in the original broadcast signal. Progressive Cadence Detection can be used with 480p, 576p, 720p and 1080p input signals.

RightRate

Anchor Bay's RightRate technology converts the input frame rate to the optimal display frame rate without causing 'tearing' in the output frame. Anchor Bay's high performance frame rate conversion also supports converting film sources from 24 frames per second to 60 frames per second for NTSC format and from 25 frames per second to 50 frames per second for PAL/SECAM format.

AutoCUE-C

Anchor Bay's AutoCUE-C technology automatically detects and removes chroma artifacts that are caused by incorrect upsampling of the chroma (color) signals by MPEG decoders in DVD players and satellite receivers. These artifacts are especially noticeable as horizontal streaks in images with highly saturated colors. When the artifacts are removed, the resulting picture quality is significantly improved, providing a much clearer and true-to-life image.

Precision AV Lip-Sync

Anchor Bay's Precision AV Lip-Sync technology is designed to automatically delay the audio signal to match the video processing delay in other Anchor Bay products. As a result, the AV Lip-Sync problem that is caused by video processing delay is eliminated. If required, the audio delay can also be further adjusted (up to 200 milliseconds) to correct any AV Lip-Sync problem that may be already be present in the AV source.

Game Mode

Game Mode can reduce the amount of video delay to less than a single frame. In many competitive processors the effects of applying complex algorithms to the video image results in upwards of a seven frame delay. This can inhibit the real-time performance for gamers who want instantaneous response to react to stimuli and to realize peak performance from their application. The VRS Precision Deinterlacing Game Mode will reduce frame delay down to slightly less than one frame of video.

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Aspect Ratio Control

Input Aspect Ratio Controls

• Presets: 4:3 full frame, 4:3 letterbox, 16:9 full frame, Panorama (non linear stretch)
• Flexible Horizontal and Vertical Zooming & Panning controls:
  If you would like to zoom in on the image to remove the small black letterbox bars found with a 1.85:1 source on a 16:9 display, then you can simply do this with the direct access ‘Zoom -/+’ controls on the remote control or via the graphical user interface, GUI. You may also use the zoom and pan controls to customize the input aspect ratio to your tastes. This allows the user to reformat the image in any way desired, so the EDGE doesn't enforce a set of fixed aspect ratios.
• Overscan Adjustment per input with separate memories for SD and HD

Output Aspect Ratio Controls

• Underscan Adjustment to eliminate Overscan inherent in a display
• Advanced time base correction (TBC) with frame synchronization
• High performance, multi-standard video decoder, 10-bit high dynamic range, deep color processing and 3D noise reduction (DNR)
• NTSC/PAL 3D comb filter
• 10 Preset output resolutions:

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Connectivity

Flexible Digital and Analog Audio switching and routing – 6 HDMI audio/video inputs, 5 assignable audio inputs (3 optical/1 coaxial/1 analog) with 1 HDMI audio/video output, 1 HDMI ‘Audio Only’ output, and 1 optical audio output.

HDMI

There are six HDMI inputs on EDGE (five on the back panel and one on the front). The HDMI inputs on EDGE can process 480i/p-60, 576i/p-50, 720p-50/60, 1080i-50/60, 1080p-24/25/50/60 and VGA/SVGA/XGA/SXGA@60Hz. The HDMI input and output connectors on the EDGE are backwards compatible with DVI-D inputs and outputs when used with an HDMI-to-DVI adapter or cable.

EDGE can automatically determine and output the ‘preferred’ format of the display by reading the EDID of the connected display. Some displays do not report the correct information in which case, the user can select one of the available output formats including VGA, 480p, 576p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p and 1080p-24.

Audio

EDGE has three audio outputs: the HDMI audio/video output, the dedicated HDMI 1.3 audio only output and the optical digital output. If a source connected using HDMI is outputting high bit-rate audio, Dolby TrueHD or DTS Master Audio, and EDGE is connected to an AV Receiver or Processor that supports these formats they will be passed through with the proper amount of delay to be in sync with the processed video. If the optical output is used with a source that supports high bit-rate audio, EDGE will communicate with the source to output an audio format that the optical connection is capable of carrying, stereo PCM or Dolby Digital/DTS. Audio that is input via the analog inputs can be output over HDMI or optical.

The second HDMI output only carries audio, with blank 720p video, which is intended to carry audio to a connected Audio/Video Receiver. If your source has a DVI output (and no HDMI output), a DVI-to-HDMI adapter or cable will be needed to connect this source to the EDGE. The same is true, if your display does not have an HDMI input, but does have a DVI input. DVI does not carry audio, so for DVI sources/displays an alternative method of connecting audio must be used.

There are some HDMI sources that do not output the correct audio signal when connected to an HDMI repeater, like an AV receiver or video processor. In these instances, we recommend that use an alternative method of sending audio, like the optical or coaxial digital audio outputs.

The audio section of EDGE supports S/PDIF and PCM formatted audio with sample rates ranging from 24kHz to 192kHz. It will likely handle sample rates beyond this range, but is only guaranteed to support sample rates within this range. The EDGE will pass digital audio having any bit-depth resolution up to 24 bits, at all supported sample rates.

EDGE will also pass compressed digital audio (e.g. Dolby Digital or DTS) provided the audio bitstream has been properly formatted for S/PDIF (IEC60958 or EIAJ-CP1201 standard) transmission by the digital audio source (according to international standard IEC61937). The EDGE does not alter the sample rate, format, or content of the digital audio whatsoever; it merely inserts a programmable delay into the transmission path.

Users should take care to use proper digital audio cables in order to guarantee valid audio reception and re-transmission. Both coax and optical cables should have high-quality, positive mating connectors at both ends. Coax cables should have a 75-ohm characteristic impedance. The use of couplers or other types of adapters to extend the digital audio cabling is not recommended.

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Will the EDGE improve the picture quality of standard definition channels from my satellite system (DSS)? Picture improvement of heavily compressed standard, and even high, definition satellite channels is often very subjective, and depends to a great deal on exactly which aspects of the image are objectionable. The EDGE does incorporate three new technologies that do specifically address this issue: Mosquito Noise Reduction, Fine Detail Enhancement and Edge Enhancement.

One artifact of compression is mosquito noise. This kind of compression noise is apparent along the edges of compressed images, especially text. Anchor Bay's Mosquito Noise Reduction can significantly reduce this noise providing an appreciably better picture. Additionally, Anchor Bay's Fine Detail Enhancement can extract fine details in the image that were masked by this compression. Finally, Anchor Bay's Edge Enhancement can improve the perceived sharpness of the image without adding additional ringing.

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Technical Specifications

Ten Video Inputs

• One Composite (NTSC/PAL/SECAM)
• One S-Video (NTSC/PAL/SECAM)
• One Component (YPbPr or RGB/S) processes 480i/p-60, 576i/p-50, 720p-50/60, 1080i-50/60, 1080p-60
• One Component/RGBHV (YPbPr/RGBS/RGBHV) processes 480i/p-60, 576i/p-50, 720p-50/60, 1080i-50/60, 1080p-60, VGA/SVGA/XGA/SXGA@60Hz
• Six HDMI 1.3 processes 480i/p, 576 i/p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p- 24/25/50/60, VGA/SVGA/XGA/SXGA@60Hz

Eleven Audio Inputs

• Six HDMI (HDMI v1.3)
• One Coaxial Digital (assignable)
• Three Optical Digital (assignable)
• One Analog Left/Right (assignable)

One HDMI Audio/Video Output (For Display Connection)

• Backwards compatible with DVI displays
• Configurable for YCbCr or RGB
• Also carries audio (HDMI v1.3)

Two Digital Audio Outputs

• One HDMI 1.3 ‘Audio Only’ output for receivers with HDMI
• One Optical Digital for receivers without HDMI

Controls

• Backlit Universal IR remote control with direct input access codes and rear panel IR connector for RF-to-IR remote controls(mini-jack)
• Functions accessible via On Screen Display (OSD)
• USB port for service updates (not intended for new features)
• Fully programmable controls for each separate video input with non-volatile memories:
• Automatic input source detection & input priority selection
• Picture controls with memory for each input: Fine Detail, Edge Enhancement, Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, Hue
• Output Controls: Format/Resolution
• Preset Output Resolutions
• 480p-60 (720x480@60Hz)
• 720p-60 (1280x720@60Hz)
• 1080i-60 (1920x1080@60Hz)
• 1080p-60 (1920x1080@60Hz)
• 576p-50 (720x576@50Hz)
• 720p-50 (1280x720@50Hz)
• 1080i-50 (1920x1080@50Hz)
• 1080p-50 (1920x1080@50Hz)
• 1080p-24 (1920x1080@24Hz)
• VGA (640x480@60Hz)

Internal Universal Power Supply: 100-240 VAC at 50/60Hz.
Physical Dimensions (height x width x depth): 2.2" x 17" x 10.4" (26.3cm x 43.4cm x 5.5cm)

Product Description

The DVDO EDGE is an affordable high quality video processor and A/V hub that converts standard definition, high definition and PC signals from up to ten sources (including six HDMI) to any HDTV resolution up to 1080p. EDGE has a very intuitive user interface which makes installation a breeze. EDGE has two HDMI outputs, one with audio and video and one with audio only to facilitate connections to an HDMI/DVI equipped display and HDMI AV Receiver. An optical audio output is available for older AV Receivers. A backlit universal remote control with a luxurious ¿soft-touch¿ finish is also included. Video Inputs: 6 HDMI 1.3, 2 Component, 1 S-Video, 1 Composite Audio Inputs: 3 Optical, 1 Coaxial, 1 analog (stereo) Video Output: 1 HDMI 1.3 (A/V) Audio Outputs: 1 HDMI 1.3 (audio only), 1 Optical Output Formats: 480p, 576p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p, and 1080p-24 Processor: Anchor Bay¿s ABT2010 with VRS technologies Technologies: Precision Deinterlacing (480i/576i/1080i) PReP¿, Progressive ReProcessing Precision Video Scaling II Progressive Cadence Detection Mosquito Noise Reduction (SD/HD) Fine Detail Enhancement (SD/HD) Edge Enhancement (SD/HD) RightRate Framerate Conversion Precision AV LipSync

Customer Reviews

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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars High Technology and Simplicity Combined, December 29, 2008

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Nom De Amazon Here "TechnoPhile" (NorEaster) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: DVDO EDGE High-Definition Video Processor (Electronics)

After having owned numerous 'line-doublers' (all the way back to Faroudja upscaling my 480i sources to 480p for my first home theater,) and innumerable HDMI switchers, I have finally found one that takes the alphabet soup of HDMI versions and handles it with aplomb while being the cleanest and most easy to use upscaler to 1080p that I've touched to date.
So, after having issues with HDCP handshakes, HDMI versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3a, and 1.3b not playing well with most autoswitching units--this product from DVDO does all of the above with aplomb.
Want to take your upscaling DVD player, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, TiVo HD, Wii, and more and mix and match audio inputs to a single optical output? Done.
Want them all at true 1080p (including your wee-little wii?) Done.
Want to get rid of the "Sugar/Mosquito-Noise/Sparkle issue from compression of your HD inbound signal? Nicely done.
Want to see everything pop better on your HD screen without looking artificially processed? Simply Done.
Want power-on priority for various units in your system (the TiVo comes before the Xbox 360, and the Denon 2930ci comes before the PS3?) Again, done and done well.
Add a simple remote, ability to tweak at will (should you even want to) and you have a massive winner of a product.
My biggest worry was any effect I'd have on speed of play with the game consoles--no issue... It not only has a game mode but takes Wii-Widescreen 480p and puts it out at a solid 1080p/60 and looks great doing it.
Films on Blu-Ray with 1080p/24 are stellar (minus the extra stars in the black sky from compression issues.)
All in, I heartily recommend this product--and you'll note that I am fairly even in pans, middling reviews, and OK product discussions, but rarely give a rave.
This is a rave and applause to the DVDO crew. Our household has two and counting now.
[Consider this a laughter-and applause-filled standing ovation.]

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Perfect Addition to a Home Theatre System, September 16, 2009

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Paul Tinsley "Tinz" (Guernsey, British Channel Islands) - See all my reviews
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I have both the Oppo DV-981HD and Oppo DV-983H for up-scaling DVDs and both of these DVD players are first class up-scalers. However, Oppo's latest flagship model, the BDP-83 Blu-ray / DVD player, fell very short on features, especially being unable to play multi-region DVDs. I have also recently put our home videos and other media onto a Vista 64Bit Media Server, using a PS3 as the client to view various media on our Samsung LNT4065F 40" HDTV via our home Ethernet Network. I needed an up-scaler that could handle multiple source inputs, multiple audio sources and act as a hub for our media center. I have to say, the DVDO Edge has simply been MARVELOUS!

I currently have my custom built PC, PS3, Oppo DV-983H DVD Player and Cable TV Box hooked up to the Edge, outputting to my home Yamaha audio receiver and HDTV. I use my PC to serve Internet TV from [...] as all software players for Internet TV are no match for the speed and quality of the FireFox Web Browser. I have a high end custom PC, so I watch Lost from Hulu at 1080p, up-scaled from 480p by my twin SLI GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 GPUs on my PC, then out to the Edge for extra refinement for my HDTV. The image is near Blu-ray quality from the Internet! I have a lot of home video content too and I use a Vista Media Server to stream content over Ethernet to my PS3. The Edge is superior at adding that extra razor edge clarity to my videos and photos. Of course, it is source dependent and if your video source is really shabby, don't expect it to look tack sharp through the Edge as there is only so much that can be done with a bad video source. However, if the source is reasonable, the Edge definitely adds a lot of clarity that makes the picture look vastly better. I play our DVDs through the Oppo DV-983H and use the Edge to add extra color dimensions and clarity to the video. I also have some movies on hard disk and playing them through the Edge is better than playing them through the Oppo. Both the Edge and the Oppo do work very well together, so long as you turn down all the Oppo picture settings to zero. The Edge's Deep Color mode also looks awesome and the video looks as if it has had a color treatment and been remastered. I don't care much for Cable TV as the video is not only very poor in image quality and content, but riddled with noisy adverts. The Edge does add some extra clarity to Cable TV, but the SD video over Cable is so bad that no up-scaler could make it look that much better. We don't watch Cable much and if we did, we would use the Hi-Definition service, but paying for TV seems pretty stupid when you have to spend so much time watching ads. I prefer online TV, as it is free and the picture quality is better.

You need to be patient when you first set up the Edge as getting the sweet spot is very dependent on the intrinsic characteristics of your equipment. Many TVs have their own picture enhancing modes, so you need to experiment to see which functions add or subtract from the image quality that you desire. Luckily, you can tweak the video settings for every input source into the Edge and those settings are saved for next time. That way, you can tweak every piece of equipment you have until the sweet spot is reached and not upset settings for other inputs. I found that it was best to cable audio via HDMI and Optical. Some DVDs have issues outputting audio via HDMI, but the Optical connection seems to always come to the rescue when that happens. I default to HDMI audio and revert to Optical if there is an audio handshaking issue. So far, I have watched over 60 DVDs on the Edge and only one DVD didn't play audio correctly over HDMI and it was a very old movie. It was fixed by switching to Optical. Other noteworthy features are the ability to stretch or shrink video on the horizontal and vertical axes independently and also underscan to shrink a video source on your TV screen. Now you can hide those picture artifacts at the top of the video source or zoom in / out according to visual preference.

If you want a solution that will last a very long time and cope with numerous sources, the DVDO Edge is an ESSENTIAL component in a home theater system for the casual consumer. I would give this kit 10 out of 5 if I could as it will clean up any video source that I throw at it and I have never been able to do that before, without having to suffer great expense.

25 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Wait a bit. Needs firmware to stabilize., January 21, 2009

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Jeffrey A. Echtenkamp (Laguna Niguel, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: DVDO EDGE High-Definition Video Processor (Electronics)

I purchased my Edge after having numerous other DVDO products. When the unit works, its above average. My biggest problem though is the unit is so flaky (even with firmware updates), that I'm going to have to disconnect it and will most likely return it.

The originally shipped firmware had issues with audio dropping (I would change TV channels and the audio would stop working, requiring me to reset the unit)... this got 90% better in the 1.1 firmware, but still exists.

Now I'm having problems with the unit hanging, or failing to respond to the remote. This seems to happen when I change inputs... it happens at a fairly high rate, and the solution is to power cycle the unit. A soft reset will not always work (even then, the reset button is a small button on the back of the device and difficult to access).

What makes the 2 above problems worse, is the "solution" of power cycling it, causes me to lose all my settings... so basically I'm stuck using factory defaults until they fix these issues because I don't want to go through the setting any more.

I've also had issues going through the setup menus with it occassionally locking.

I've got this unit on my main TV, which my family uses. They just know that once I put the new box on, the TV no longer works reliably. I get calls at work 2-3 times a week "the TV isn't working".

I've been working with their customer support on these issues, they've been helpful, but given this is our main TV in our house and basically its been flakey for over a month, that's just unacceptable for us.

Hold off. Its a neat idea, but its just not ready yet. I've had great luck with their other products... this just seems to be a case of a product not being ready for market yet. I'm sure they'll get it right.