12/04/2006Show another tip
By Matthew Moskovciak, CNET Editor
Level: Intermediate
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Filed in: Philips MCD515/37
While it may seem counterintuitive, many HDTV owners may experience better image quality by using an interlaced rather than a progressive signal. The reason for this is that the deinterlacing--that is, the processing that converts a 480i signal to a 480p signal--of the MCD515 is poor. Since every HDTV does its own deinterlacing for interlaced material, in this case it's probable that your TV's deinterlacing performs better than the MCD515's. Whether or not an interlaced signal will look better depends on the TV, so the only way to find out is to try both and see which looks better.