I'm using a Panasonic DVD RAM recorder (DMR E20) to play DVDs on my Panasonic TH-50PHD6UY through the component input. The picture looks a lot better than SD, but not quite as good as HD. My concern is that the TV attempts to play 1.85 Aspect ratio DVDs in a stretched letterbox format. I have to switch to the zoom mode to make them look normal, but the effect is not the normal zoom effect. The entire picture is included and nothing looks distorted. While I'm generally happy with the picture, I wonder if it could be better. I do not believe that the component output of my DVD player is progressive scan, but understood that the TV would do the reverse 3/2 pull-down and everything else needed to get the best picture. How do I find out if I am getting the best picture possible? I do not want to replace my DVD player unless it will result in a substantially better picture.
How Do I know If Reverse 3/2 Pull-down is working?
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Places like Crutchfield on-line and many of the more established stores (Best Buy, Circuit City, Tweeter, etc.) offer no questions asked 30 day returns on devices like DVD players. Trying a player and seeing for yourself is probably the only way for you to be sure a new player will make a big enough difference for you. Upgrade angst is a common topic over in the DVD Player forum, so you might want to ask for advice there.
3:2 film cadence detection is working if you don't see jerkiness in vertical objects as the scene pans from side to side. There are other artifacts that show up as well if it is not being done well (i.e., de-interlace processing errors), but the jerkiness will probably be the first thing you see.
For more than you probably ever wanted to know about how devices like DVD players and de-interlacers in displays can screw up your movies, check out the descriptions and examples in the Secrets of Home Theater web site's excellent discussion of DVD player issues.
--Bob
Places like Crutchfield on-line and many of the more established stores (Best Buy, Circuit City, Tweeter, etc.) offer no questions asked 30 day returns on devices like DVD players. Trying a player and seeing for yourself is probably the only way for you to be sure a new player will make a big enough difference for you. Upgrade angst is a common topic over in the DVD Player forum, so you might want to ask for advice there.
3:2 film cadence detection is working if you don't see jerkiness in vertical objects as the scene pans from side to side. There are other artifacts that show up as well if it is not being done well (i.e., de-interlace processing errors), but the jerkiness will probably be the first thing you see.
For more than you probably ever wanted to know about how devices like DVD players and de-interlacers in displays can screw up your movies, check out the descriptions and examples in the Secrets of Home Theater web site's excellent discussion of DVD player issues.
--Bob
Sounds like you need to go into the DVD recorder's setup menu and select a 16:9 display, it deefaults to a 4:3 display and will letterbox 16:9 titles in that mode. DVD is lower resolution than HD, so you can't expect it to look close to HD quality however.
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