I have now discovered that the 64" Zenith HDTV IS compatible with certain progressive scan DVD players! I have revision 4.7 and had tried the Sony & JVC progressive scan DVD players with no luck (I got a line down the middle of the screen with the picture split in two). Today I bought the Toshiba 6200 progressive DVD player and it works PERFECTLY with the Zenith in progressive output!
What's also fascinating is that, contrary to what you may have read on some other websites, the benefit of progressive scan on the Zenith is CLEAR AND IMMEDIATE. Interlacing artifacts are virtually gone in the progressive mode. I was lead to believe that since the Zenith upconverts everything to 1080i, you would derive no benefits from a progressive player. FALSE!! The Toshiba allows you to instantly switch between progressive and interlace output, and the effect is so obvious that my wife (who usually could care less about things like this) said "wow". Now to put this in proper perspective, you will not see this improvement with all discs or on a very frequent basis. This is due to the fact that interlace artifacts are not that frequent or often not that objectionable. However, pull out a disc where they are (Titanic e.g.) and the improvement is startling.
Those of you with the Zenith and at least the 4.7 upgrade, check out the Toshiba, you will be pleasantly surprised!! In my mind this was the ONLY drawback to the Zenith, and now that has been removed!
What's also fascinating is that, contrary to what you may have read on some other websites, the benefit of progressive scan on the Zenith is CLEAR AND IMMEDIATE. Interlacing artifacts are virtually gone in the progressive mode. I was lead to believe that since the Zenith upconverts everything to 1080i, you would derive no benefits from a progressive player. FALSE!! The Toshiba allows you to instantly switch between progressive and interlace output, and the effect is so obvious that my wife (who usually could care less about things like this) said "wow". Now to put this in proper perspective, you will not see this improvement with all discs or on a very frequent basis. This is due to the fact that interlace artifacts are not that frequent or often not that objectionable. However, pull out a disc where they are (Titanic e.g.) and the improvement is startling.
Those of you with the Zenith and at least the 4.7 upgrade, check out the Toshiba, you will be pleasantly surprised!! In my mind this was the ONLY drawback to the Zenith, and now that has been removed!