Is it Progressive?

[cebrown]

I watch DVDs on my computer that is hooked to a flat panel via DVI.
The video subsystem is a ATI AIW 9700.
I am thinking that this setup by default gives me a progressive scan DVD experience. However, I am not sure. Does anyone know if it is? And if not, does anyone know what would take to acheive a progressive scan DVD experience using a computer / software / flat panel monitor?

[Prospero424]

It depends on the software you are using for playback. All of the major ones, including the ATi software, support progressive scan playback.

[cebrown]

Thank you very much for your reply.
What I now seek is concrete proof. Is there an article, ad blurb, white paper or even boasting slogan that actually says something amounting to "Using this software to play DVDs on your computer will result in a progressive scan playback experience". I have read most things on ATIs website and can find nothing.

[Prospero424]

Well, I just saw the other day that WinDVD just added some new progressive scanning methods to their new version, increasing speed/quality.

You can trust me when I say that all the major players use progressive scan techniques though


Just in case you don't, here's the link I discussed above:

http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail.php3?fid=1038489101

[djmattyb]

From the PowerDVD help file:

For the De-Interlacing Mode section, the default and recommended setting is Auto-select. "Video content" (e.g. 30 fps/NTSC or 25 fps/PAL) encoded from an interlaced signal would use the Force bob mode. The Force weave mode is preferred for "movie content" (e.g. 24 fps) encoded from the original film. The Auto-select mode will optimize the video quality by selecting a deinterlacing mode (either bob or weave) automatically according to the video source. For more information on interlaced and non-interlaced signals and worldwide television standards, please refer to NTSC and PAL.

So this program does de-interlage. It has to or else when you watch interlaced DVD's on your computer monitor you would see all those ugly lines.