Help the newbie!!! I need laymen speak of HT terminology!!! (1 Viewer)

[Jeff Rogers]

All right ladies and gents.

I broke down and bought the Mitsubishi ws-46809. It is being delivered next week.

I need simple answers regarding Film mode (3:2 pulldown) and screen burn. I know that it is bad -- and watching HD programs with the side bars should be avoided.

I am not getting the HD signal for a while so I don't think that should be a problem. Are there any other concerns involving burn in?

But I need clarification on the pulldown. I have tried to understand it and all of the frames/second and NTSC stuff has me confused. Put it to me simple.

If it helps, I have the Harmon kardon DVD-5 (not progressive)

Any other tips would be great!! Thanks

 

[Michael Reuben]

But I need clarification on the pulldown. I have tried to understand it and all of the frames/second and NTSC stuff has me confused. Put it to me simple.

OK, here's the simple answer for your situation: Don't worry about it. The line-doubling circuitry in the Mits will do whatever it's going to do. Since you don't have a progressive-scan player (which would bypass the line-doubler in the Mits), there's nothing else for you to think about.

To minimize the risk of screen burn-in:

1. Make sure your set is calibrated with AVIA or Video Essentials (HINT: turn down the contrast right out of the box; it will almost certainly be set too high).

2. If you're watching 4:3 material with bars at the side (whether black or gray), don't leave the set in 4:3 "standard" mode unless you're actually watching. Whenever you take a break, and as soon as you're done, switch the set to one of its wide modes.

There really isn't much more to it than that.

M.

 

[Jeff Rogers]

Danke'

One more question. If a prog. scan dvd player bupasses the line doubler in the tv...what is the point of getting a prog. dvd player then? If the tv. doubles it to 480p why would I need a prog. player to put out at 480p originally?

 

[Jeffrey Forner]

Jeff;

Chances are, a DVD player that can send a progressive video signal to your TV will produce a better picture than if you used the line doubler in your TV.

 

[Michael Reuben]

What Jeffrey F. said. DVDs store video information digitally. A good progressive-scan player reads the digital information, generates a 480p image entirely in the digital domain, and then converts it to analog (number of conversions = 1). An standard player converts the digital video information into analog 480i; then the line doubler in the Mits converts it back to digital and converts the line-doubled image back to analog (number of conversions = 3). It takes a very high-quality doubler to outperform a p/s player.

M.