Does my 50 inch Hitachi Plasma have progressive scan?

Question

Currently purchased a Hitachi - Ultravision 50" 1080i Flat-Panel Plasma HDTV. I have a Phillips DVD HDMI converter dvd recorder and I was wondering how I can tell if the tv supports the progressive scan mode of my dvd player? Also I was wondering if this TV is really 1080i because I have read some reviews and some people noted that it was a misprint and that it really is 1080p. How can I tell? I looked in the manual and didn't see anything regarding that. Finally, what is the best HDMI setting to put my dvd player on to correlate with the tv. Thanks-Theater Rookie! :)

Answer 1

look on the back of your tv. If it has component imputs, which are the 3 colored inputs that are blue green and red, I believe. NOT the red yellow white ones. Thats how you tell if it has progressive scan, which im 99% sure it does since its progressive scan is a fancy way of saying 480p. Your tv probably has at least 1080i if not 1080p. I'm not sure what you mean by dvd hdmi settings, it should work the best default, but you can play around with it to get it how you like it. Feel free to email me if you have any other questions. =]

Answer 2

1080P (P as in progressive) is the top of the line in HD. You are probably correct that your TV is 1080i (as in Interlaced). Your TV will support 720p, so yes, it will support progressive scan. Set everything to 720p.

btw, the person above me was obviously nothing more than a cashier at Circuit City. Progressive scan is NOT a fancy way of saying 480p. 480 P means your television scans 480 lines a frame (60 frames per second) progressivly.Interlaced means half the lines on the screen are scanned, then the other half are scanned. This is how standard NTSC television is, and was done this way originally to conserve bandwith, or how much information could be sent to your TV without slowing everything down. 720p would be 720 lines per frame.

you can watch it in either 1080i or 720p, for the average viewer you will not notice ANY difference between those two formats. It all depends on the FORMAT in which the HD video is coming in. Is it satellite, is it cable, is it a DVD player? Even then, as long as both are set to the same setting, it won't make any difference. I would go with 1080i, simply because that's the highest quality, but honestly you won't notice a l**k of difference between the two settings, only 1080p would you even begin to notice it and you don't have that option. But play around with it, you might notice a difference.

Answer 3

If it's HD, which all plasmas are, then it will support it.