In the “if I had infinite money” category of gadget lust, I present to you the DVDO iScan VP30, which is a nifty little box o tricks that takes any video signal known to man and scales it up to lovely crisp High Definition quality, to be shown on a very large HD projector (in my infinite money world, anyway). It’s retail price is a tiny bit under $2000… eek!

The neat trick is that you can plug existing s-video, composite, component or RGB sources into it, as well as newer high definition HDCP sources…. and it will scale them all!

For extra bonkersness, you can buy a package of a very high end DVD player & the iScan VP30 in a package with ‘SDI’ modification to get an extremely high quality digital connection between them. (SDI is what actual film/TV production companies use to move their video about the place). The ultimate in home DVD movie watching (sans speakers, amplifier or projector) for ‘just’ $2,899.