New Mitsubishi 50" TV not displaying progessive (1 Viewer)

[Ronald Epstein]

A friend just bought a new 50" Mitsubishi RPTV
over the past few days.

He hooked up his Progressive Scan DVD player
to it and played a few movies. Though the
progressive scan light was lit on the DVD player,
the TV showed jumbled lines.

My guess is that he needs to go into a setting
on the TV and tell it to accept a progressive
signal.

On the other hand, I would *think* that these
sets come out of the box with a default setting
for progressive.

Your thoughts?

Thanks in advance for the help.

 

[Scott L]

Can you describe the jumbled lines? Still showing interlacing artifacts? I rented Justice League: Starcrossed (cartoon) and the jaggies are almost unbearable at times. I figured that it was just a disc that was improperly flagged.

Does it do this with all DVDs?

 

[Jean D]

How was the dvd player connected to the tv (i.e. what kind of cables were used)? I know it sounds like a basic question, but its part of problem solving.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

I believe component.

 

[Allan Jayne]

HDTV sets may have a separate set of component input jacks for interlaced video, or they autoselect between progressive and interlaced (and/or HDTV) inputs. I don't know of any that require a manual selection.

Whereas interlaced vs. progressive from a progressive player is always a manual selection at the player.

Are you sure that this TV even accepts progressive scan?

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The 540p/1080i manual selection on some HDTV's only affects the way the scan lines are drawn on the picture tube and all inputs will work with both of these.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

Wish I had the model # for you guys,
but I don't.

It's a brand-new 2004 widescreen Mitsubishi.

Why would it NOT accept progressive?

 

[Jean D]

It does if its HD.

I have a 2002 widescreen mits, but I cant recall if there was a setting in the menu or not to switch to progressive or not. I believe it automatically detected the signal but I cant be sure since I am at work and not home. I think the key to this would be the input on the tv. I have 3 component inputs on mine, one is 1080i, and two are 480 but I dont know if they are 480p or 480i specific or not.

 

[John S]

True enough, my other component input on my HDTV is for 480i only. Only the HDTV Component input accepts 480p / 1080i.....

 

[Matt_M]

Also really basic but maybe double check that his DVD player is set to a 16:9 display.

 

[Shane Martin]

I wonder if there is a switch on the dvd player that needs to be switched on.

My 2004 Mits will auto sense what input I'm sending it and go to 480p. ALL of my progressive/HD inputs will accept 480p. You can look on the back and it will say what it will accept. It is usually printed in a certain color scheme.

 

[Robert_J]

Double check the setting on that input. Mine were defaulted to YPrPbHV. I had to switch them to YPrPb to get my DVD player to work.

-Robert