Do I need to Interlace for TV?

[TMcD]

Ok, TV is interlaced and the stuff I get on the net is DeInterlaced for a monitor.

So, do I (I think so) need to interlace a deinterlaced MPEG for making a SVCD for viewing on a TV?

What is the best (free) way to go about this?

Thanks,
Troy

[TMcD]

Here is what I've done so far.

I ran my De-Interlaced clip through TMPGEnc to a SVCD (NTSC) format (Interlaced) and then burned a test.

The copy created by TMPGEnc looked the same on my computer as the original looked. (The DeInterlaced one.) - (Normally when I capture TV, interlaced, you can see it isn't de-interlaced.)

So, how come the new version (run through TMPGEnc) doesn't "look Interlaced" ?

The burned copy of the (newly made Interlaced) version looked fine.

Go figure.

Any comments? I could swear that I have to interlace the items for showing them on TV... but who needs an extra step, not i!

Troy