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Progressive scan on Computer DVD players?

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butch84

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You all know about the "new" progressive scan thingy on new dvd players? They say it only improves the picture on HD-TVs, but my monitor should be better in image quality and res than any tv right? So the question is, does my 10x pioneer dvd player on my computer take advantage of progressive scan? If not, which dvd player will?>


Thanks guys,
butch
 
If I'm not mistaken, I think everyone who is watching a movie on a monitor is using progressive scan. All progressive scan is, is a non interlaced signal, which most every monitor today is. That's basically what iluvdeal was trying to say as well.

Russell "Mr.Bios" Sampson
 
Well, should i just get a $120-160 dvd player for my 19 inch tv? Its not a flatscreen or anything, just a moderately priced samsung.
 


<< Well, should i just get a $120-160 dvd player for my 19 inch tv? Its not a flatscreen or anything, just a moderately priced samsung. >>

a $80 dvd player is good enough for 19 inch tv.
 
All progressive scan is is non-interlaced TV, which brings TV's one step closer to computer monitors.

Actually DVDs looks better on regular tv than monitors, has to do with interlacing or something.

Are you smoking crack?

Even with a 27" Wega DVD's still look better on my PC. However...

Which would you rather watch DVD's on, a 15" PC monitor or a 27" Wega?

Viper GTS
 
SO, in short, my current dvd player is just as good as progressive scan? Maybe i should just by a 19in monitor then.


Whattaya think??
 


<< BTW: What is interlacing?? >>



where every other horizontal line of pixels is used every other frame.
 
"They say it only improves the picture on HD-TVs"

That's because the TV has to be progressive scan capable. Doesn't have to be an HDTV, but most are.

"They say it only improves the picture on HD-TVs, but my monitor should be better in image quality and res than any tv right?"

For reading fine text, yes, for watching movies, no. The default color saturation and temperature settings are completely different on a monitor vs a TV. Highend progressive scan DVD players connected to progressive scan TV's will produce a much more pleasing picture than WinDVD or PowerDVD can on a monitor. Who wants to watch a movie on an 17"-20" viewable monitor anyway?

"Even with a 27" Wega DVD's still look better on my PC."

Most of the non-XBR Wega line is not progressive scan capable, only the newer models are. Regular Wega's aren't that great anyway. Other manufaturers are making better TV's that cost less.

"SO, in short, my current dvd player is just as good as progressive scan? Maybe i should just by a 19in monitor then."

No, it isn't, but the large cost of a progressive scan capable setup will turn off most people. DVD player prices are dropping, but the TV prices will still hit you where it hurts (in your wallet).

"What is interlacing??"

It's the process of drawing a frame in 2 passes (also called fields). First the odd horizontal lines, then the even, or maybe it's the other way around, either way you get the point.
 
Seeing as how you already have a small TV, getting a progressive scan DVD player and capable television would be much more expensive than simply getting a 19" or 21" monitor. I would do that, I have a 19", it is a lot nicer than 17" in my opinion.
 
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