In the era of LCD，capturing VHS、DV choose interlaced or progressive scan

[joyoung]

In the era of LCD televisions, when capturing tapes such as VHS and DV, should one choose interlaced or progressive scanning?

I recall that many old tutorials emphasize using interlaced scanning based on the video source type (VHS, DV PAL), prioritizing field-based capturing for DV or VHS.

“Always match your source when capturing. This means capture interlaced footage as interlaced. And capture progressive source as progressive.
Always match the output device when encoding. This means you should encode for viewing on the desired device. Encode interlaced for viewing on an interlaced viewing device (TV). Encode progressive for viewing on a progressive display (computer monitor). Most people should be capturing and encoding interlaced!”

However, we know that those tutorials might have been written quite some time ago, during the era of interlaced televisions. The "correct" methods back then were tailored to the TV equipment of that time.

In today’s era, where FHD and UHD LCD TVs are widely popular, if we want to capture old tapes like VHS and DV PAL, should we choose interlaced or progressive scanning?

If possible, I’d appreciate a recommended capture configuration for Vegas or any capture software you prefer.

Thank you.

[Sharc]

In the era of LCD televisions, when capturing tapes such as VHS and DV, should one choose interlaced or progressive scanning?

Capture as interlaced, always, if you don't want to screw up your VHS or DV video.
Recommended capture SW: AmarecTV (or Vdub perhaps). Plenty of posts about proper capturing in the forum. You may follow user @Alwyn's guide.
DV may be transferred (copied) directly in digital form rather than taking the analog route though - but either works well.
Deinterlace in post processing using a high quality (Avisynth-) deinterlacer (rather than what is included in the NLEs).

[joyoung]

In the era of LCD televisions, when capturing tapes such as VHS and DV, should one choose interlaced or progressive scanning?

Capture as interlaced, always, if you don't want to screw up your VHS or DV video.
Recommended capture SW: AmarecTV (or Vdub perhaps). Plenty of posts about proper capturing in the forum. You may follow user @Alwyn's guide.
DV may be transferred (copied) directly in digital form rather than taking the analog route though - but either works well.
Deinterlace in post processing using a high quality (Avisynth-) deinterlacer (rather than what is included in the NLEs).

Thank You.

"Capture as interlaced, always"--I see.

(1)When capturing VHS using a 1394 capture card like the ADVC110, should I choose upper field first (high field priority) or lower field first (low field priority)?
(In Vegas software, selecting DV PAL defaults to lower field first, though you can manually choose upper field first or progressive scanning.)

(2)If I save the captured videos on a NAS HardDisk mainly for playback on computers or set-top boxes (Kodi/Coreelec) via an HDTV, and after editing the videos, I should use interlaced or progressive to save the video？

[Sharc]

(1) DV is usually BFF (bottom field first)
(2) One would usually deinterlace (="make it progressive") the video before doing any editing.
Search the forum. This has all been discussed many times.

[joyoung]

(1) DV is usually BFF (bottom field first)
(2) One would usually deinterlace (="make it progressive") the video before doing any editing.
Search the forum. This has all been discussed many times.

Thanks