Posted by Italo on 05/04/06 15:14

<cinemad@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> What I'm curious about is whether the PJ-TX200 will de-interlace HD
> 1080i material through the HDMI input. Page 45 of the instruction
> book seems to indicate only the composite, S-Video and Component
> connections will de-interlace 1080i inputs.
> In relation to HD-DVD (which was released in the USA on 18th April
> 2006) apparently these HD discs will be flagged so that the analogue
> Component outputs may be down-rezzed to 960x540 because of "Piracy"
> considerations.
>
> Italo, have you ever fed a 1080i signal through the HDMI input? If so,
> does it de-interlace and so produce a Progressive-scan image?

I haven't, but exactly what do you mean?

The Hitachi will take a 1080i signal and fit it to its 1280x720 native res
'progressively', while maintaining the signal's 50/60 Hz frequency.

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Italo

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