Best render for use with HD TV (SD video)

MIKE P wrote on 1/17/2008, 3:19 PM
I just bought a new 720p LCD TV, and am in the process of finally taking my home movies, etc. and putting them on DVD for the family to watch. The videos are all shot with a Panasonic GS300 in widescreen format. These are NTSC videos, which I assume are 480i.

I have searched the forums and can not find a clear answer on this topic.

I have VMS8 plat, and DVDA

What are my best render and DVDA settings?

Would I achieve better results on the TV by setting VMS to render to a progressive avi? Or is it better to leave them interlaced and have DVDA make an interlaced DVD?

Am I even asking the right questions?

Thanks all for the help.

Comments

Eugenia wrote on 1/17/2008, 3:22 PM
Leave it as interlaced, but buy a progressive DVD player. As long as your DVD player is progressive (if you bought it recently, and it wasn't dirt cheap, then it probably is, check its specs), then the de-interlacing will happen real time by the player itself and feed the TV a progressive image.
MIKE P wrote on 1/17/2008, 3:28 PM
Ha! I did by a decent player, with HDMI output. It does "upconvert" to 480p, 720p, 1080i.

Can you, or anyone explain a little why leaving it interlaced and having the hardware de-interlace it is a better approach? I am curious on what is going on here.

Thanks!
Eugenia wrote on 1/17/2008, 3:34 PM
Hardware-based de-interlacing is usually better. Depends on the brand of course, and the kind of electronics they decide to put in, but usually doing it in hardware is better than Vegas' own software algorithms. More over, burning an interlaced DVD is more compatible with older DVD players -- in case you want to share with family.

So what I suggest you do is burn an interlaced DVD, and then check which mode looks better on your new HDTV: 720p or 1080i, and stick with it.