Posted by JimK on 01/23/06 22:12

On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 15:10:29 -0600, willbill <trek@worldwide.net>
wrote:

>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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http://www.220-electronics.com/dvd/418.htm
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