Augustes

Can someone please help me with the settings on my equipment so I can maximize my Hi-Def experience. I have a 58" Sony 1080i/720p 16:9 Rear Projection HDTV. I have a Sony progressive DVD player (I don't think it is upconverting). And I get my HDTV from Comcast through a Motorolla Cable Box. Now my TV lets me set the picture to "Interlaced", "Progressive", or "Cinemscan 3:2 Pulldown". I understand the first two, but what is Cinemascan 3:2 Pulldown? Would I use that just for movies and switch back to one of the others for regular HDTV?

Nimbus

I would have to guess that CinemaScan 3:2 pulldown mode would take an interlaced signal and use an internal process to convert to a progressive image.

The difference between that and "progressive mode" would be in progressive mode, you feed the set a progressive picture to begin with.

I'm assuming it lets you choose between the de-interlacing on the player vs. the de-interlacing on the TV.

Augustes

I'm an idiot. I misread the feature. It's actually called CineMotion. The descriptions reads:

"Provides an optimized display by automatically detecting film content and applying a reverse 3-2 pulldown process. moving pictures will appear clearer and more natural-looking."

Anyone care to translate that into English for me? Thanks.

redford

That's a description of a de-interlacer, so what I said before is correct.

Augustes

Thanks for the clarification. So is it safe to say that since my DVD player is progressive scan, I don't need de-interlacing and thus I don't need to set my TV to this mode? Or is there some other benefit to using this setting? Would it have any impact to my HDTV cable signal?