I don't think a progressive scan DVD player is worth it for projection...

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Posted by Some Guy on May 1, 2003 at 11:45:03

In Reply to: InFocus X1 - worthwhile to get progressive scan DVD ? posted by edhsu on May 1, 2003 at 05:35:37:

You probably won't notice much difference between interlaced and progressive scan through any projector as all projectors are progressive scan only. Since they don't have to rely upon a gun to draw the odd & even fields, all projectors include line doublers and means to convert the interlaced signal into a progressive scan picture anyway. I'm fairly certain that this applies to both LCP and DLP pictures.

Since the projector has to do this conversion with everything that goes into it, they probably already have decent convertors; however, some DVD players are bound to have better convertors that will do a better job. That's right, folks... the video on the DVD player is actually an interlaced image. We have to keep with the NTSC format, of course. Basically, you'd do best to check out a few DVD players to see which had the best picture at your budget, but I don't think there's a generic answer as to whether a progressive scan DVD player will be better than any projector.

What I would like to see when HDDVD comes out is one format in progressive digital for ALL HDDVDs so we don't need to worry about this silly region garbage. Let the player handle the conversion to the local system... Will that happen? Of course not... it makes too much sense.

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Topic - InFocus X1 - worthwhile to get progressive scan DVD ? - edhsu 05:35:37 05/01/03 (11)

No - X1 has de-interlacer on board - edhsu 09:36:53 08/10/03 (0)

I don't think a progressive scan DVD player is worth it for projection... - Some Guy 11:45:03 05/01/03 (8)

I mostly agree, but there are some real issues. . . - Auricle 12:42:44 05/01/03 (7)

Re: I mostly agree, but there are some real issues. . . - Some Guy 08:36:30 05/02/03 (5)

Since they came from the PC world, probably right . . . - Auricle 10:33:38 05/02/03 (4)

CRTs will never die... - Some Guy 05:52:48 05/06/03 (1)

Re:That and their screens are always going to be bigger! - Auricle 11:27:13 05/07/03 (0)

same here - Maiello 08:38:58 05/05/03 (1)

Whilst the inclination is the same . . . - Auricle 14:39:34 05/05/03 (0)

Yup, my Sanyo's deinterlacer sucks! <nt> - Maiello 13:42:05 05/01/03 (0)

ProjectorCentral think so, as do I. - Auricle 11:28:42 05/01/03 (0)

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I don't think a progressive scan DVD player is worth it for projection... - Some Guy 11:45:03 05/01/03 (8)

I mostly agree, but there are some real issues. . . - Auricle 12:42:44 05/01/03 (7)

Re: I mostly agree, but there are some real issues. . . - Some Guy 08:36:30 05/02/03 (5)

Since they came from the PC world, probably right . . . - Auricle 10:33:38 05/02/03 (4)

CRTs will never die... - Some Guy 05:52:48 05/06/03 (1)

Re:That and their screens are always going to be bigger! - Auricle 11:27:13 05/07/03 (0)

same here - Maiello 08:38:58 05/05/03 (1)

Whilst the inclination is the same . . . - Auricle 14:39:34 05/05/03 (0)

Yup, my Sanyo's deinterlacer sucks! <nt> - Maiello 13:42:05 05/01/03 (0)

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