Again, the idea of progressive scan technology is purely marketing when you hear it advertised by these companies.

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You want progressive material or movies, it has to be done on all computers, with progressive scan hardware.

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On a progressive scan-capable television, images from the DVD-9000 should be incredibly sharp.

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By the way, about progressive scan technology and your favorite shows you are watching on TV, cable and satellite.

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How much is questionable, but the player did produce a better image when set to the native resolution of the set verse a standard progressive scan DVD player.

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The DCP601 Home Entertainment System, a high-end digital cable ready entertainment receiverMotorola Ojo Personal Video Phone with a high-definition decoder, 6.1 channel surround sound, and a built-in progressive scan DVD player.

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And any progressive-scan content will also have to be interlaced for viewing on the majority of HDTV sets.

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It also offers a progressive-scan, wide-screen, 60-frame-per-second MPEG-2 format that delivers far less resolution than full-fledged HD, but may work well when transferred to DVD.

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Meanwhile, as purists bemoan the lack of true high-definition prerecorded media in the digital world, progressive-scan and upconverted DVDs have been compelling enough to help upsell many an HDTV.

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