oreo(Harmless) posted this on Thursday, 3rd January 2002, 20:13
I am thinking about buying a new dvd player either a Denon 2800 or the arcam DV 88( upgraded to progressive scan ). The television it will be used on is a Toshiba 36ZP18P, this has component inputs, therefore i will in theory be able to utilise progressive scan dvds.
My problem is this ( bearing in mind i live in the UK (region 2)) i need to know wether progressive scan is only available on region 1 discs.
Thank you in advance to anyone spending their time in helping me :)
This item was edited on Thursday, 3rd January 2002, 20:13
RE: Help needed with progressive scan :)
Gaz Kitch(Elite) posted this on Friday, 4th January 2002, 12:41
As far as know progressive scan is only capable on Region 1 Dvd`s.
Hope this helps.
RE: Help needed with progressive scan :)
Anil Khedun(Elite) posted this on Saturday, 5th January 2002, 22:36
Yes, due to licensing restrictions (or something legal anyway), progressive scan is only available on R1 DVDs for the time being.
RE: Help needed with progressive scan :)
tenebrenz(Mostly Harmless) posted this on Sunday, 6th January 2002, 15:09
You`ve got me wondering, NTSC DVDs are mostly progressive 23.976 fps with a flag in the mpeg stream so it will play telecined at 29.970 fps whereas PAL DVDs are mostly 25 fps progressive. I take it that progressive scan plays the DVD at 23.976 fps and then output it to the TV like this, the tv then plays each frame progressively, not as 2 half fields. Wouldn`t this cause the picture to flicker due to the very low refresh rate or does the tv play it the progressive image interlaced? Can someone explain?
