User Guide

HDTV UpConverter 22
HDTV UpConverter 23
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Functions
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Functions
Press the Film button to cycle through the de-interlacing methods
- Advanced Film Mode (AFM)– Another term for Inverse 3:2 pull-down. In this mode
the 3:2 cadence is being detected and Pixel by Pixel Motion Adaptive De-Interlacing is
being applied. Video with 3:2 eld sequences are processed with the built-in Adaptive
Film Mode controller. The eld sequence is rst detected by examining the eld motion
values and once a eld sequence is identied, the corresponding lm mode processing
is applied. Most DVD’s and VHS movies fall into this de-interlacing process.
- Static Mesh (SM): Static mesh involves the meshing of odd and even elds (without
considering temporal effect) to form the output frame. Static Mesh is best used for
static images when the elds can be simply meshed together to create the progressive
frame. This process is used for fully static images (such as a PAUSE in DVD, the
image appears static)
- Vertical Temporal (VT): Used when there is motion from one eld to the next. This is
also used to de-interlace normal video where no extra elds have been added by a 3:2/
2:2 pull-down process. This is simple de-interlacing. A form of static de-interlacing that
examines and lters both vertically across several video lines and temporally from one
or more adjacent video elds. This approach reduces icker and increases resolution
because of input from adjacent elds. Edge effects still exist but are much less evident
than other static de-interlacing methods.
- Graphics (GFX): This is the process for 2:2 sequence de-interlacing. Most PAL DVD
and VHS movies are in this category. Some NTSC computer animation and cartoons
also behave in 2:2 sequence when converted to NTSC video.
Auto – Setting to AUTO mode will allow the UpConverter to examine the video content and
automatically apply the de-interlacing method best suited at that moment. Normally DVD or
VHS movies are either in 3:2 or 2:2 except in the footage where it may be video. However,
there are cases where a mixing of 3:2/2:2 and video. TV will mostly be in video except
when it’s playing movie. The most complicated eld sequences that we encounter are TV
commercials and MTV. In these 2 cases there are always a mixture of video and lm and the
editing makes it more complicated. In Auto mode you may see the indicator lights move from
AFM to VT or GFX depending upon the video content.