720p Progressive Player?
05-21-01 | 07:57 AM
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Anyone read anything about this coming onto the market. Though I read that they were coming "soon" in an article. Here is an except from the Perfect Vision websight that offers the advantages.....
The Future of Progressive- Scan DVD
Most major consumer-electronics manufacturers now offer progressive-scan DVD players. A number of smaller companies also produce players, many with capabilities or performance beyond the mainstream products. As players and compatible displays become more common, the cost of progressive scanning will inevitably come down, perhaps someday matching the lower prices of today's interlaced-video components. Players with integrated scaling and aspect-ratio control will also become common, solving some of the compatibility problems with HDTVs and boosting image quality on many displays. (Princeton's soon-to-be-released PVD-5000, with 480p, 720p, and 960p modes is one such player.)
Progressive-scan DVD has the potential to evolve into a high-definition format. Joe Kane, a well-known authority in the video industry (and The Perfect Vision's Video Technical Editor), is actively promoting the adoption of a high-definition 720p DVD format that should be possible to achieve with today's technology. This format would have a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels (compare to current NTSC DVDs at 720 x 480) and would be stored on the disc at 24 frames per second (hence intended for movie playback). As a progressive format, 720p combines the advantages of today's 480p images with the high resolution of HDTV. Although the pixel count of 720p is less than half that of the more popular 1080i HDTV format, from practical experience I can say that the images are just as impressive, if not more so. Besides which, the technology required to bring 1080i HD-DVD to consumers is still years away; 720p may be the ultimate future of progressive-scan DVD.
The Future of Progressive- Scan DVD
Most major consumer-electronics manufacturers now offer progressive-scan DVD players. A number of smaller companies also produce players, many with capabilities or performance beyond the mainstream products. As players and compatible displays become more common, the cost of progressive scanning will inevitably come down, perhaps someday matching the lower prices of today's interlaced-video components. Players with integrated scaling and aspect-ratio control will also become common, solving some of the compatibility problems with HDTVs and boosting image quality on many displays. (Princeton's soon-to-be-released PVD-5000, with 480p, 720p, and 960p modes is one such player.)
Progressive-scan DVD has the potential to evolve into a high-definition format. Joe Kane, a well-known authority in the video industry (and The Perfect Vision's Video Technical Editor), is actively promoting the adoption of a high-definition 720p DVD format that should be possible to achieve with today's technology. This format would have a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels (compare to current NTSC DVDs at 720 x 480) and would be stored on the disc at 24 frames per second (hence intended for movie playback). As a progressive format, 720p combines the advantages of today's 480p images with the high resolution of HDTV. Although the pixel count of 720p is less than half that of the more popular 1080i HDTV format, from practical experience I can say that the images are just as impressive, if not more so. Besides which, the technology required to bring 1080i HD-DVD to consumers is still years away; 720p may be the ultimate future of progressive-scan DVD.
05-21-01 | 11:20 PM
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I very much doubt that this will be coming around anytime soon. For one just about near 100% of all DVD's currently on the market are recorded with max resolution of 480p. Current progressive scan, and it looks great on a good monitor. I also read somewhere that the actual films are only recorded at this resolution so any upconversion from that wouldn't do anything a good line doubler couldn't do. If you're looking to avoid the upgrade and still get a fantastic picture from all your movies I suggest a good DVD player with a DVDO line doubler or even a line quadrupler taking care of that dirty work for you.
