HI All,
We all grew up with interlaced video. Even now, most TV's use interlaced horizontal scanning systems. It is the system I am familiar with. A few years ago I started hearing about progressive scanning monitors mostly related to computers. I understood that the advantage to progressive scanning was to reduce blinking displays by using higher horizontal scan rates.
But now I hear about progressive scan being used in TV specifically with HD in the format of 1080P which results in a number of unspecified advantages. It is being presented as the video equivalent of the the holy grail. Can you all explain the advantages of progressive scanning in television and how it differs from interlaced scanning? I must confess that I have never had a complaint with interlaced scans. So, what does progressive scanning buy? Does it result in major, minor, or none at all, performance advantages?
Thanks, Sparky
We all grew up with interlaced video. Even now, most TV's use interlaced horizontal scanning systems. It is the system I am familiar with. A few years ago I started hearing about progressive scanning monitors mostly related to computers. I understood that the advantage to progressive scanning was to reduce blinking displays by using higher horizontal scan rates.
But now I hear about progressive scan being used in TV specifically with HD in the format of 1080P which results in a number of unspecified advantages. It is being presented as the video equivalent of the the holy grail. Can you all explain the advantages of progressive scanning in television and how it differs from interlaced scanning? I must confess that I have never had a complaint with interlaced scans. So, what does progressive scanning buy? Does it result in major, minor, or none at all, performance advantages?
Thanks, Sparky
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