progressive scan vs interlaced?

chriselkins wrote on 10/4/2002, 1:55 PM
What is the best method to get the smoothest video for viewing on a regular TV screen? I had been using progressive scan...thinking it would be more film-like, but noticed that horizontal motion looks very interlaced. I shoot on a Sony TRV 30 mini DV cam which is not progressive scan. Would it be best to just leave it interlaced, lower feild first?


Thanks!

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SonyEPM wrote on 10/4/2002, 2:01 PM
"Would it be best to just leave it interlaced, lower field first"?

yes
HeeHee wrote on 10/4/2002, 4:19 PM
Progressive is ideal for playback on a computer whereas, most TVs are only geared for interlaced.
Paul_Holmes wrote on 10/4/2002, 7:03 PM
I'm using DVFilm Maker (http://www.dvfilm.com/maker/index.htm -- $95) to get a little bit of that film look, because it selectively deinterlaces moving video and does a great job. If there's not much motion it leaves it as it is. If motion reaches a certain threshold it deinterlaces it. I've made comparisons between deinterlacing in Vegas and setting Reduce Interlace Flicker in the clip's properties OR keeping it interlaced, then processing it with DVFilmMaker. With the former you lose a lot of sharpness because it averages the two interlaced fields, whereas with DVFilmMaker, you keep the sharpness until it senses enough motion to deinterlace, when losing some sharpness doesn't really matter, and instead you get that film motion look.