Should I set my Progressive Scan Player to 480i or 480p? (1 Viewer)

[Jake Johnson]

Just bought a JVC XV-N40 for my 16:9 tv. It says "Digital Direct Progressive Scan" on the front. There is a switch on the back that has 3 settings: Remote, 480p, and 480i. Which of these should I set it to? What do they mean?
Thanks.

 

[Ernest Yee]

Remote Control select, 480 lines Progressive, 480 lines Interlaced.

Go for Remote or 480P

 

[Don_Berg]

Use remote then your remote control can switch between progressive and interlaced. Try each and see which you like better. You need a digital/HDTV to use progressive, if you have an old analog TV you can only use interlaced. If you need interlaced just select that with the switch on the back.

 

[Jake Johnson]

I think my tv's a HD. It says TheaterWide HD on it.

 

[Don_Berg]

Sounds like a Toshiba.

 

[Jake Johnson]

Yeah. it is a Toshiba. A TW40x81 to be exact.

 

[Jake Johnson]

Whats the difference between progressive scan and interlaced? Are they used on different types of televisions?

 

[Don_Berg]

Yes progressive scan requires a digital/HDTV, interlaced is the old standard used by analog TVs. Interlace sends 60 fields/sec (each field is half of a frame, but the two fields don't always match up) while progressive sends 60 full frames/sec. With interlaced you can get combing where movement causes fields to mis-match.

 

[Cliff Olson]

Quote:
while progressive sends 60 full frames/sec.
Actually, I believe it's 30 full frames per second.

 

[JohnnyG]

Jake, 480p progressive will be the best choice for the Toshiba you own.

Cliff, it is indeed 60 frames/sec. You're probably confused with interlace where 60 fields per second equals 30 frames per second (well, sort of...).

 

[Jeff W.]

Generally, it's 30 frames per second interlaced for video sources, 24 frames per second progressive for film sources.

 

[Don_Berg]

Yes film-based sources are originally 24frames/sec but 480p always outputs at 60frames/sec. For film source they duplicate frames in a 2 then 3 multiple to get an average 2.5x frame rate since 60=2.5*24.