It is sort of the same question as the whole outboard DAC thing for audio. Which does a better job of scaling, your DVD or your monitor? I have found that on most high end plasmas, the digital connections work better. My personal theory is that given the oddities of plasma pixel counts and the "digital" nature of a plasma display, the manufacturer of the display has an inherent edge in scaling digital to digital. In other cases, it may not hold true--some DVD players have excellent scalers built in, and if you have a true 1080 or 720 display, that may actually work better.
I think its kind of funny, but a lot of the "golden eyes" over at http://www.avsforum.com like s-video into high end machines for standard def material, since it softens it a bit. YMMV.
I think its kind of funny, but a lot of the "golden eyes" over at http://www.avsforum.com like s-video into high end machines for standard def material, since it softens it a bit. YMMV.