Posted by willbill on 01/23/06 21:10

Jack Dotson wrote:

> <manitou910@rogers.com> wrote
<snip>

>> In the meantime, a decent HDTV display is well worth
>> the price if you have a progressive scan DVD player.


> Why a progressive scan? This is something I've been
> trying to figure out.


me too!


> I've read regardless of the format input to my Hitachi HDTV,
> it converts it to 720p, it's max resolution.
>
> I have a progressive scan DVDP (Sony DVP NS999ES), but I actually
> get better results when I feed my set 480i vice 480p.
>
> Because of this I was also curious if the upconverting DVDP
> would be worth while.


is an "upconverting DVDP" a DVD Player?

if yes, are they hard to find? how much
more do they cost than a normal DVD player?


> If I understand correctly they upconvert 480i/p to 720p or 1080i.
> Since the set does this too, what good are these for HDTV's?
>
> What am I missing?


maybe the answer is simple? but so far,
i think the answer is buried somewhere in
the complex subject of video/TV interlacing,
and afaik you need to start there

even if the answer re a progessive scan DVD
player is simple, you're likely going to need
some background on interlacing to understand it.
see: http://neuron2.net/LVG/default.htm

also, you refer to your HD TV's 720p
capability (above)

afaik, DVD players only send out 480i

bill

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