Review of progressive DVD player / TV combination

[SingSing]

Can readers post their take on a progressive DVD player / TV combination ?

We are still watching interleaveing TV. With the available of DVD. We would like to move to Progressive video. For NTSC country like US, we can finally get a "clear picture" like the rest of the PAL country (I think).

[Chips144]

I have a 55-inch Toshiba rear projection TV with a non-progressive dvd player connected to it. I also have a 65-inch widescreen HDTV Toshiba progressive scan TV with a progressive scan dvd player connected to it. The difference is astounding. The progressive/progressive combination yields a picture with no apparant line structure and much greater focused detail. For me, it was well worth the money to go progressive/progressive.

[SingSing]

I think you are right on the money.
The sony TV has three mode.
The movie mode actually try to blend the "lines" away
and yield a soft picture.

There is still a debate about the viewing angle of rear projection TV. Does it bother you ?

[Chips144]

the original rear projection had a very small "sweet range" for viewing. The newer sets have a much broader range. Go to Circuit City or Best Buy and take a look at the displays, you'll see what I mean. Inmcidentially, the Toshiba also has 3 different viewing modes. A WORD OF CAUTION. In the standard mode on the Toshiba you will see about 6-inch boarders on the left and right. This is normal because the standard mode is 4:3 aspect ratio. These boarders are a somewhat soft white. Obviously in the widescreen mode these boarders are not present. I think all widescreen TV's have the same border effect when you select 4:3 aspect ratio. It took only 3 months to permently burn-in those 6-inch wide boarders. When you view 16:9 ratio those 6-inch boarders are darker than the rest of the screen because of the burn-in. Toshiba does NOT warn you about this. $6,500 and they won't replace the projection tubes ( three at $800 each). I contacted a friendly service center and the manager told me that he has dozens of calls for the same thing. He will NEVER watch 4:3 on his projection TV for this reason. He told me it was not "burn-in" but "arcing". I told you he was friendly. Toshiba replaced the three tubes. Obviously this only occurs on widescreen TV's. A word to the wise.