An upcoming DVD player I'm getting as a present is a progressive scan DVD player. And it's cool, but I don't really know what Progressive Sca is. And if someone could explain it in a nutshell, then that would help me understand dvd players a lot more!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_scan

That's a lame explanation of progressive scan, especially in terms of explaining the capabilities of a new dvd player as compared to an older one.

Wikipedia is usually a good source of info, but I agree, that is a rather lame attempt.

Maybe this one is better. (http://hometheater.about.com/od/beforeyoubuy/a/progressivescan.htm) Nice hint for when you're considering purchase at the end of pg 2 on the two diff. types of progressive scan: "plain vanilla" and "with 3:2 pulldown detection."

This is what you want to read:

http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/volume_7_4/dvd-benchmark-part-5-progressive-10-2000.html

This may be a little easier to comprehend:

http://hometheater.about.com/od/beforeyoubuy/a/progressivescan.htm

This may be a little easier to comprehend:

http://hometheater.about.com/od/beforeyoubuy/a/progressivescan.htm

But it's horribly inaccurate. It's nice if you like short stories though...