Will I REALLY notice a difference on my HDTV if I upgrade my DVD player to a progressive scan unit? What do you guys (who know about this) think?:o No: Thanks in advance for your input! :beer
best dvd player the progressive scan is going make make things smoother, and I think you should buy it. I have 2 DVD players, and the one with PS works better in action scenes. You might as well buy it once and be done with it, or else your always going to wish you had. check this out http://www.reviewcentre.com/products51.html
I heard that it will be mandatory to have all TV broadcasting done in HD. So buying an HDTV will make things a little easier on you when that happens. I just bought a 57" Panasonic Widescreen that is HD....seeing regular calbe on it sucks...but DVDs rock! The picture is soooo clear. It also helps to run Component video and optical sound. (oxy moron!) S-Video would be good if your DVD player doesnt support component. To someone who's never seen a very high quality video uotput, it's not a big deal to move to the HD stuff at this point, but once you've seen it, you can't go back!
Yes I compared a Sony DVD player with S-video with a Pioneer Progressive Scan with component outputs. The difference was very noticeable. I had a few people tell me which looked better in a blind test. They picked the PS unit every time. I attribute some of the difference to the input and some to the progressice scan. Bottom line, if you have a non-PS DVD with S-video, you will see a difference! :TU:
Just remember Progressive Scan uses Component RGB imputs, not Composite or S-video imputs, so remember to pick up those cables when you do. It will also depend on the player. Obviously higher end PS Dvd players will have a better image output than a Kmart special. But there are some great value players that give a very nice picture. A couple good places to look around and see what's what, are the Home Theater Forum and AVS Forum. Good luck with what ever you decide. :bglasses:
yeah, I've had my Pioneer Progressive for a few months now... on the old TV (27in) it was fine... but when I got the HDTV widescreen Toshiba (57in)... boy was there a difference. I tried the Svideo first and then the componet out... go with the componet... it is much clearer. I use Satalite (sp) and that is even better with the HDTV.. heard cable sucks, and having to use a regular antenna for brodcast local channels REALLY sucks... bit its worth it when the DVD or Play station is on.. :TU:
Slight off-topic A little off-topic but since we're talking about this stuff, I figure I would chime in with this. The last couple of weeks I was in Florida, I helped my dad w/a home theater install for a client of his. The final product was a 11' Stewart screen, new state-of-the-art $9000 Sanyo LCD projector, new HDTV Sony dish and receiver, hooked into the existing system which consisted of two Marantz units, Pioneer DVD, 100 disc CD, 9 Marantz THX amps hooked which powered the whole house, consisting of all MK speakers, the theater having $2000 studio monitors in the front with two huge subs, and also an older Mcintosh that the phono player was hooked into. WOW!!! is the only way to describe this thing. We put on Traffic DVD, better than going to the movies. We tried one of the 4 HDTV channels available and it was a news/interview program in some auditorium. The picture was unbelievable!! P.S. When we first hooked up the phonograph, my dad told to me grab a record, so I grabbed the first one I saw, Sgt. Pepper. Let me tell you, it sounded damn good going through that system. The wife thought it was the CD at first.
Progressive Scan VS Non Hey All, I worked at a reputable electronics retailer, now that you know my credentials.... Progressive scan only means that instead of the traditional method of scanning the image onto your screen, which scans every other line first, then goes back to the starting point and fills in the blanks, so to speak. Progressive scan will scan the image onto your screen all in one fluid motion, thus, removing those unsightly scan-lines which have plagued big screen tv watchers forever. The difference between Component and S-video are very simple. S-Video is only capable of handling 480 lines of resolution, whereas component cables are capable of handling of up to 1000. What does this all mean, it is like comparing VHS to DVD. Apples and oranges, VHS is only capable of producing 240 lines of resolution, DVD on the other hand, can put out about 480-500. HDTV emits right around a 1000 lines of resolution, that is why HD programming will always look better than DVD. Don't get me wrong, using component cables on DVD will make a huge difference, in this application you should notice much better use of color-correctness. It actually makes an obvious difference. Aaron
So as I was watching my kids play the Shrek trivia game from the DVD (they were watching it on the HDTV with an interlaced - not progressive scan DVD player) I actually saw the TV flickering just like a computer monitor with a bad refresh rate. A progressive scan DVD player would eliminate the flicker. Of course, I said to the wife "do you see that flickering on the TV?" She said, "what flicker?" Then she took my credit cards away.
TV flicker Hi Brad, That flickering you are seeing is probably the dvd player filling in the blanks of the scan lines it didn't fill in the first time. A progressive scan DVD player should eliminate this, since it is completely scans the image in one fluid motion unlike your current DVD player. Hope this helps. Aaron
