Is it worth upgrading DVD to progressive scan?


I just purchased an HDTV with the ability to play progressive scan (480p). I currently own a Yamaha regular DVD player. Is progressive scan really worth upgrading to or should I wait on HDDVD?

Brad
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Brad:

"Is it worth upgrading to a progressive scan DVD player"??

In a nutshell......... YES!!!!!!! In fact, if you have a 16:9 HDTV Widescreen Television, you can get a good progressive scan player for peanuts right now. You can get either a used Pioneer Elite DV-37 for about $400.00 to about $450.00, or you can get a used Sony DVP-S9000ES for about $700.00. Right now, you cannot go wrong with these two players. Either of these two players ought to serve you well until the new HD DVD Players hit the market in about two years or so. Until that happens, these two ought to do until then.

Good Luck.........

--Charles--
I use a Yamaha 920 with Faroudja DCDi technology. Oh my!
All the difference in the world! Best upgrade for $500.00
I have ever found
Depends on the quality of the doubler in your HDTV. Test your TV with a progressive scan DVD player, borrow one, and A/B through the component TV inputs to 480P input and your regular non-progressive component inputs. With my Sony the progressive scan is better but it's not spectacularly better. I remember switching back & forth on the DVD movie The Mummy. The flickering torches had a more 3 D flickering quality in non-progressive but the picure had a slight more film like look in progressive. But it was close.