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Need to settle bet RE: Progressive scan

Posted by Aroc (A) on June 25, 2002 at 14:42:46

Ok this sould be simple enough. I was led to believe that to use progressive scan signals (480p ??) from a DVD player, you need a HDTV, as they can display 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i images. I thought the regular-joe TV (non-HDTVs) could only do 480i, or worse.

So enter this guy at work. He tell me, if he has a regular tv (non-hdtv), he can get a progressive image out of that TV, if he uses the component inputs. I tried to tell him that he should only get 480 interlaced. He tell me the guy at circuit city told him otherwise.

Is my friend right? I'd hate to think for a change I'm wrong and a CC employee is right. But I've seen weirder things happen. I'm no videophile by any stretch of the imagination. So I'm ready to accept the fact I may be wrong. (now if only I could get that guy to call his Sony "VVega" a "vay-gah" instead of "way-gah" we might have some progress.)

Thanks in advance!
-Aroc

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