Are progressive scan dvd players on the way out ?

[George Bellefontaine]

Pretty much all the new hdtvs and digital front projectors coming out do internal progressive scanning, some sporting such well known names as Faroudja. What does that mean for the spate of progressive scan dvd players hitting the market ? I suppose it depends on which component has the best progressive scanner, the tv/projector, or the dvd player. But from what I've been reading lately, the internal progressive scanners on the new tv/pjs are pretty darn good.




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[Andrew Pratt]

From what I've read the internal doublers are good but not as good as progressive scan so I doubt we'll see them leave anytime soon

[Daryl Furkalo]

I think that if you are going with a RPTV then progressive scan DVD players are still very much required. If you make the move to FPTV, either digital or analog, you probably want to use an external scaler or HTPC, which would make a progressive scan player unnecessary. However, there are not that many non-progressive DVD players to choose from, atleast for new models, so you don't have really have a choice.