Owner`s manual

Appendix 6501MAHDTVMonitorOwner'sManual
ABOUT DEINTERLACING AND PROGRESSIVE-SCAN DVD PLAYERS
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Interlaced Scanning
Progressive Scanning
Television pictures are normally created from 480, 720, or 1080 horizontal lines (rows
of pixels). The video signals that create the pictures are also described as either inter-
laced or progressive.
Interlaced Video
interlaced video creates a complete picture in two steps:
• The first step presents every other scan line (odd lines).
• The second step fills in the remaining scan lines (even lines).
An interlaced signal is identified by adding the letter "i" to the number of lines.
• 480i is the 480-line interlaced format. The 480i format is compatible with NTSC
(analog) television sets. 1
• 1080i is the 1080-line interlaced high-definition format.
Progressive-Scan Video
Progress-scan video creates a complete picture in a single top-to-bottom step.
A progressive-scan signal is identified by adding the letter "p" to the number of lines.
• 480p is the 480-line progressive-scan enhanced definition format.
• 720p is the 720-line progressive-scan high-definition format.
DVDs and DVD Players
DVD movies contain their images in an interlaced arrangement with 480 lines of pic-
ture information. 2
• Basic DVD players commonly have a component video (YPbPr) output and gener-
ally do an excellent job of producing 480i video.
If a DVD player is not marked "progressive scan," and it doesn't mention 480p,
720p, or 1080i in the instructions, then it is probably a basic DVD player with 480i
output. If the DVD player has no component video output (YPbPr), it is not a pro-
gressive-scan player.
• Progressive-scan DVD players can produce 480p (progressive-scan) output. Some
can also produce 720p and 1080i output.
Progressive-scan DVD players create their 480p or 720p output using a deinter-
laeer. The quality of deinterlacers inside progressive-scan DVD players varies
widely. The quality of the deinterlacer affects the appearance of the edges of mov-
ing objects.
Getting the Best DVD Performance
The 6501MA HDTV monitor always converts 480i or 1080i interlaced video to 720p
progressive-scan video using its own high-quality, motion-adaptive deinterlacer. This
deinterlacer can generally outperform the deinterlacers in all but the best progressive-
scan DVD players.
To use the HDTV monitor's high-quality deinterlacer:
1. Connect the DVD player's YPbPr output to INPUT 1 on the HDTV monitor.
2. If it is a progressive-scan DVD player, select the 480i setting (turn off the progres-
sive-scan feature).
1. NTSC signals have 525-lines but only 480 lines of picture information.
2. This is a simplified explanation of DVD video storage.
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