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Originally Posted by Ironhorse
Thanks for all your input thus far. Much appreciated.
We're going to start looking at a few different places this weekend, like Sony Store, Future Shop, Visions. Is it worthwhile to also check out Costco? I've always gotten good stuff from them in the past, but never a TV.
Lastly, what is a "progressive scan" DVD player, and do I really need one? I currently have a Sony one that seems pretty decent, but does not say "progressive".
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I'll add myself to the Plasma camp. I much prefer the plasma picture to DLP. The blacks are a lot better, and the viewing angle is a lot better. I don't really see any negatives in choosing plasma, aside from price maybe.
Progressive scan dvd players convert the 480i (interlaced) image on the DVD to a 480p image. Kind of useless to your HDTV anyway, since 480 will not be the native resolution. The short answer, would be no, you probably don't want one. Some of the HDTV up-conversion players look good, but not necessarily better than letting your TV do the upconversion. The difference is not significant, your old player should look good. Save your money and buy an HD-DVD or Blue Ray when they've come down in price, and perhaps they have a combo player.
Be sure to set your existing dvd player to the 16:9 setting so that it sends the anamorphic image to your new tv.