Progressive Scan mode (DVD on Sharp Aquos LCD)

I want to use the Mac Mini as a DVD player on my 32" Sharp Aquos. Does anyone know if the Mac Mini supports progressive scan mode?
Also, has anyone run into issues connecting to the 32" Sharp Aquos LCD TV?
Thanks
Curt

Along the lines of progressive scan vs. interlaced... I've noticed while playing video from Quicktime I can make a selection to pick which one I prefer. I've got a project that I created in iMovie and I notice that if I were to share (export) a clip using the expert settings I can chose whether it is interlaced or progressive. However, when accessing those same .mov files in iDVD I don't see any settings that indicate whether the final DVD will be interlaced or progressive. From the looks of the footage viewing it on my computer it looks like it is interlaced. How can I create a DVD with this iMovie footage that ends up displaying as progressive?
thanks for any advice.
-charlene

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Sharp Aquos LCD

Does anyone know if Apple computers/labtops are compatible with the Sharp LCDs?

the vga port on tv can only accept certain vga frequency (i.e 50 hz or 60 hz, etc), so make sure you play around with the settings.
the simple vga to s-video converter won't work, you would need to get a vga to s-video converter box, costs around 50 USD on Amazon.
Regards,
Jin Li
May this year, be the year of 'DO'!
I am a volunteer, and not a paid staff of Lenovo or Microsoft

Using Mac to play DVDs on HD-ready LCD TV

This is probably a basic question, but I'm learning so humour me
I am about to shell out my hard-earned cash on an LCD TV (26 or 32" - possibly a Sony Bravia) and a Mac Mini to hook up to it, as well as dvd player/recorder.
I have read in various forums that when a mac is hooked up to a HD-ready LCD TV, and the correct resolutions are sorted out (not always a straight forward affair by all accounts), that viewing DVDs using the mac gives results that are the 'best that I have seen', 'never look at a dvd the same way again' etc etc.
Why should a dvd played on the Mac give better results than quality dedicated dvd player?

Whether or not your Mac is driving the attached display device in interlace mode or progressive scan mode has nothing to do with the DVD player or DVD. If you attach a Mac to a television, say via S-Video, and the television only supports interlaced modes, then everything you see on the screen, even the Finder, will be in interlace mode.
If however you connect your Mac to a TV using DVI and the mode is progressive scan, then even when you watch DVDs at full screen, the image will also be progressive scan.
I think you will find that the Mac mini will play DVDs upscaled as nicely as any mid-range consumer DVD player. But if you have plans to try and record over-the-air television to recordable DVD, you will probably find it simpler to go with a stand alone, consumer DVD recorder rather than try and teach that trick to a Mac.

Trouble using my sharp aquos as a display for my PB

I have a 1 GHz Powerbook G4 with 512 MB DDR SDRAM running Mac OS X 10.3.9. I have recently purchased a 32" sharp aquos LCD Television with the intent of being able to hook up my power book. The sharp instruction manual tells me to hook it up with a DVI cable (as well as a mini jack for sound). I purchased a mini dvi to dvi converter thingy and connected to the LCD (I have not used a mini jack since I thought that would only affect the sound and, for now, I just want the picture).
There is a compatability chart in the sharp manual that gives me three mac options; 1) 13" VGA, 2) 16" SVGA, 3) 19" XGA. I do not know what these are refering to so I chose the 13 " option. It tells me to adjust my resolution to 640x480, Horizontal Frequecy (which I cannot find) to 34.9 kHz and vertical frequency to 67 Hz.
Although my power book recognizes the sharp LCD, I get no image on the television. I called sharp customer service and, aside from verifieing that I was using the correct input channel, they couldnt help me.
I am about a millimeter from returning the television unless someone can help me!
Thanks.

I have the Sharp Aquos LC32D7U and have tried connecting my 15" PowerBook G4 1.5 GHz to it using a DVI cable. I don't think I got a cable with a mini DVI to DVI converter--the plug is the same on both ends and fits my PB and the Sharp LCD either way. Anyway, I'm having the same trouble as you. My PB recognizes the Sharp LCD as being connected, but the Sharp displays a black screen. The input info on the Sharp LCD screen shows "---X---" in the upper right corner where I'd expect some sort of connection information and below that "--Hz" as though nothing is connected. Incidentally the sound works fine through the Sharp using a stereo mini plug. I've tried adjusting all my monitor settings from resolution to Hz and have tried mirroring and not mirroring. Nothing works, although my PB clearly thinks it's displaying on the Sharp because, when mirroring is off, I cannot access the Sharp LCD video setup options since they're displayed on the Sharp LCD where I can't see them.
I wonder if it would be possible to use a DVI-HDMI adaptor and connect the PB to the HDMI input. Have you tried that? I'll be curious to hear how it works, or if you have any other ideas. It certainly is frustrating. If I come up with any solutions, I'll be sure to let you know.
I'm keeping my Aquos regardless of whether or not I get it to work with my PB, since it fits perfectly into a wall unit I'm housing it in and it's primarily used as a tv anyway.

Digitizing Progressive scan footage shot in PAL with panasonicDVX100AE

Hi,
Does anyone have an idea if i can use a different camera (for instance the Canon XM2 Mini DV) for digitizing this material into FCP or do i need special equipement for it since i can not use the original Panasonic camera for digitizing anymore?
footage shot in pal progressive scan mode.
please help...
Tal

#2 Playback is blurry
Shane's Stock Answer #2:
ONLY JUDGE THE QUALITY OF YOUR MATERIAL ON AN EXTERNAL PAL MONITOR, OR AT LEAST A TV.
1. Disable overlays on the canvas
2. Make sure you've rendered everything (no green bars at the top of the timeline
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=24787
DV footage requires large amounts of data and many computations. In order to maintain frame rate and be viewable at a normal size, only about one-fourth of the DV data is used in displaying the movie to the screen. However, the DV footage is still at full quality, and is best viewed thru a TV or PAL monitor routed thru your camera or deck.
And the PipePro Studio is a capture card:
http://www.auroravideosys.com/products/avFam_pipestudio.php

Reposting this - bringing dvd footage into FCP - progressive scan

I occasionally have clients that need me to bring footage into their projects from a dvd or vhs. I'm looking into getting something that can do both NTSC & PAL and I've come across this product:
Sharp DV-NC80
6-Head Hi-Fi Stereo VHS/S-VHS VCR & DVD, CD-R, V-CD Combo Player - Multi System, Multi Zone
My only dilemma is that the dvd player does not have progressive scan. Can anyone let me know if that should matter or not and what progressive scan is for? (I read the jagged edge article, but does progressive scan affect how FCP digitizes dvd material as well?) Thank you.

Unless you are bringing the material in via a capture card, you can't take advantage of the 480p scanrate anyway...
Patrick

Bringing dvd footage into FCP - progressive scan

I occasionally have clients that need me to bring footage into their projects from a dvd or vhs. I'm looking into getting something that can do both NTSC & PAL and I've come across this product:
Sharp DV-NC80
6-Head Hi-Fi Stereo VHS/S-VHS VCR & DVD, CD-R, V-CD Combo Player - Multi System, Multi Zone
My only dilemma is that the dvd player does not have progressive scan. Can anyone let me know if that should matter or not and what progressive scan is for? Thank you.

Unless you are bringing the material in via a capture card, you can't take advantage of the 480p scanrate anyway...
Patrick

Getting full 1080p to a Sharp Aquos 42'' HD LCD TV

Okay, I've been struggling and struggling with this one for a good month or two and I have pretty much use up all my lifelines except the apple forums
I have a Sharp Aquos 42'' LCD HDTV that is 1080p capable, and has 2 HDMI inputs. I have been using my 17'' Powerbook G4 via a DVI > HDMI cable and it works great EXCEPT that it is displaying the desktop with about an inch black border around the entire screen. I have heard of trying to tweak the timing settings within a program SwitchResX, and have read some other threads about other people successfully being able to get a 1080p full screen with their Sharp Aquos (45'') as well. I don't know the exact settings I need for my particular TV and I was hoping to get some answers here.
sincerly,
Alex

Now I have 1080p resolution on my 37"" which exactly matches the tv screen, whow what a fantastic picture. The solution is:
* Press "Wide modes" button on the remote control and select "Underscan" for the selected HDMI input source.
* Open the Mac preferences, select displays, in the sharp display select options, then check the overscan checkbox.
* Install SwitchResX and select a 1080 resolution without interlace.
Hope this works on a 42" Sharp lcd too.
Gerd

Sharp AQUOS 32" LCD TV

We purchased a Sharp AQUOS 32" LCD TV, model # LC32D40U. The date purchased was June 15, 2006 at the Best Buy in Janesville, Wisconsin. We now reside in Old Town, ME. This TV was defective from the start, however, my husband was diagnosed with Mantle Cell Lymphoma and went through a year of treatment, including a stem cell transplant. 10 days before his diagnosis we had an accepted offer on this home in Maine. So much has occurred that we never had a chance to get the TV in for repair. We dealt with it not working properly. It would go on, run for a while, then the screen would go black. I'd turn it off and tap it, then turn it back on and it would work for hours. It has progressively worsened to the point of no picture anymore. Can we do anything although it has been almost 3 years now? In these 3 years, we had to move to Maine, then my husband went through surgery, my brother is dying from colorectal cancer, my daughter in law just lost her parents in a serious auto accident, and so many other horrible things have occurred. Can someone help us with this? Thank you! BTW, we did take it into our local store, but I'm praying the outcome will be "no charge!" The young man that took our TV claimed he would do what he could for us. Very polite!!!

If your TV and Laptop both have the VGA socket on i.e it looks the same at both ends, then any VGA monitor cable will do the job, no need for any extras. Easiest thing is to do if possible is pinch a cable off sometning else to test. These cables are not a lot of money so don't be foolded into buying one of those super premium pro cables, it's really not necessary.
Audio wise you only have the headphone jack out on the laptop, and the tv probably has component in (RCA sockets) thats the norm anyway so you need to get a Phono to 3.5mm Stereo Jack lead of sufficint length.
something like this I'd imagine http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?ModuleNo=31700&doy=18m8 (sorry its a uk site)
Or if you have a Stereo system especially a surround one then you can rig the audio to that which will be even better
You will need to check the back of the TV or the manual to confirm this. If you took the manual and possibly the laptop into any decent TV store they should be able to sort it out.

Scan mode when exporting - progressive or interlaced?

This may be a dumb question but I did a search and couldn't find anything definitive.
I have large uncompressed quicktime files that I need to export with the DVCPRO codec down to a file I can then use.
What's better to use as far as the scan mode? Progressive or Interlaced? And what's the difference between the two?
Any insight into this matter would be really helpful.

In layman's terms...
Film is Progressive.
TV is Interlaced.
Computer monitors do not show interlaced material in its true form... that is with a 'gun' zooming down the screen showing one field and back up the screen showing the other 60 times a second, as in a TV.
If you really want to see what progressive material will look like you need a progressive monitor. If you really want to see what interlaced will look like you need an interlacing monitor (broad generalization, but kind of true... I mean, you can get a good idea what progressive will 'look' like on an interlacing monitor, but you won't get a good idea what interlaced will look like on a PROGRESSIVE monitor).
SO...
What YOU really need to decide is 1) what type of LOOK you are going for... smooth 'reality' look of interlaced, or film-ish look of progressive, and 2) where you will be presenting this work... if it is for the web, realize that 90% of the monitors will be progressive in nature.
Don't be AFRAID of interlaced material... just use it for what it was intended for use with... er... in which it was intended to be used... er... well, you should get my point by now.
Good luck,
CaptM

Need to produce Progressive Scan DVD in Encore CS6

My source footage is progressive scan 1920x1080 30P in mp4. When I go to build the DVD my video comes out interlaced and blurry. DVD project settings default (greyed out) are set to lower field. Is there a way to change this to none (Progressive)?

You can't change it after you've transcoded it. Just pick a progressive preset.
It is true that you cannot set the default project settings to progressive, and I think this prevents getting progressive output from automatic transcodes. But the project defaults have no impact on footage you import as DVD legal or that you transcode in Encore with specific settings.

Best settings for Sharp Aquos 32" LCD

Hi all,
I have a MBP 1.83 and just hooked it up to my Sharp 32" LCD and I am underwhelmed by the outcome. I am switching back to mac after 15 years and have been using a windows machine attached to this display with better results. Is there a way to tweak the settings to get better results?
Also, what do you recommend for creating a new using user for using each profile? I would like to have all of my files available for both users, just the settings separate (dock size, font size, etc.).
Thanks in advance!
Mark
MacBook Pro 1.83 Mac OS X (10.4.5)

What is the native resolution of the Sharp Display? For optimal quality you should set your mac to output at the Native resolution of the Sharp LCD (this is true of any LCD). See System Preferences> Display Preferences to change screen resolution. Also make sure your sharp's built in screen settings (not the ones you adjust from the Macs display preferences) are set properly. For example, through the remote you can choose settings for "PC", "Movie", "TV", etc. I usually find that the Sharps "PC" default settings are very bad... too much contrast, bad color reproduction. so I have to manually tweak them (also done through the remote). Best of luck. I am confident you can get an excellent image out of your Sharp.
Regarding creating multiple user accounts, I highly recommend you start a separate post on that topic since it is so unrelated to your sharp lcd issue. I am confident you will get lots of responses to a post about that. Try to provide as much detail as you can about what you want, and why you think you need multiple user accounts (for example, "I want to share music, but I don't want my kids mucking about with my files" )... and you might want to consider posting that thread in the OS X topic area (here: http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=752)
But for the record, I really try to avoid setting up multiple user accounts if possible because it is a pain to share iTunes music and movies (though its possible). I think the only reason to set up multiple users is when you have kids and you want to prevent them from messing up your own settings and files. If it is two adults sharing the same computer, I think it is best to just compromise on how you configure the doc, and to agree to save files in different folders inside documents. work arounds for email can also be done from one acount. best of luck

LCD Advice / Sharp Aquos "Banding"

Trying to decided b/w: Toshiba Regza 46XV645U and Sharp Aquos LC46D85U.
I've heard about color "banding" issues on the Sharp. Has this been corrected, or is it still an issue.
What's the 411 on Toshiba? Any known issues? I haven't read too many reviews on it, but what I have read has been positive.

I don't know if my model of Sharp is the Sharp you listed, but I have not seen any sort of color banding in my 46" AQUOS.
*disclaimer* I am not now, nor have I ever been, an employee of Best Buy, Geek Squad, nor of any of their affiliate, parent, or subsidiary companies.

How to produce a progressively encoded PAL DVD?

I've been tearing my hair out trying to get a conclusive answer to this. I'm trying to learn how to produce a PAL DVD that is encoded "progressively" and is not interlaced.
First I posted about it here in the Compressor forum, and then over at Ken Stone's forum.
To summarise , here's what I've been doing:
1. Export from FCP using Compressor
2. Apply the DVD preset
3. In the Inspector window, click the Frame Controls tab
4. Set the Resize Filter to Better or Best
5. Set Output fields to Progressive
6. Set Deinterlace to Better or Best
7. Uncheck Adaptive Details
8. Hit Submit and give your job a name
9. Import .m2v and .ac3 to DVD Studio Pro
10. Author and burn DVD
However, this is not producing a proper progressive encode - inspecting the .m2v asset (using VidoSpec) tells me that it is "lower field first."
Can anybody please advise? This is driving me crazy, and each time we issue a DVD reviewers pick up on the fact that it is not "flagged for progressive". Is this something that needs setting up as an option in DVDSP?

I need to read up about this topic also. I release Retail DVDs and have always shot in interlaced mode and released that way up until now
Now I am doing my first proper feature. I am advised to shoot progressive scan.
I am assuming from this thread that to produce commercial DVD that will play on all TVs and with all DVD players I will need to encode the final film to DVDStudio pro in Interlaced mode. (in other words in order to be played on all TVs the DVD needs to be interlaced not progressive scan. But to achieve a "Film Look" I need to shoot progressive. (I have not yet considered whether 24 fps or 25)
The film is aimed at a wide film fest, probably using a digital print, but I doubt we will get as far as transferring from High Def video to film (because of the expense) But I imaging the major market for the film internationally will be on DVD.
I am hoping to use a DOP, so hopefully will get more technical help there.
Best
Ian
Corolo Film & Video

Apple TV and 42 inches of Sharp Aquos goodness

Hello all:
I'm considering the purchase of an apple TV, but I'm hoping that someone can verify that it'll work on a Sharp Aquos LC-42D62U.
Also, I'm assuming that anything I purchase with iTunes will broadcast up to 1080i -- Is this correct?
Thanks everyone.
MacBook Mac OS X (10.4.9) Intel Core Duo

FWIW, it is my opinion that outputting a 720p
at 1080i produces a lesser quality than outputting
it at 720p and letting the tv scale the picture.
I imagine this depends on the TV. As you point out, if the TV doesn't have a native resolution of at least 1080 lines, the image will have to be scaled twice. However, if it does have 1080 native resolution (as do the Sharp Aquos D62 models), this may not be necessary, so it becomes a question of which (if either) scaler is superior.
Interlaced to progressive conversion doesn't require any scaling, just a buffer to hold lines so they can be displayed twice. However, I think some progressive scan TV's attempt to improve on this with various motion adaptive interpolations -- not quite magic but potentially a subtle quality improvement in how well fast motion is rendered. (I do not know if the Sharp model has this feature.)
So my advice is to try both output formats & see which looks best to you.

Progressive Scan mode (DVD on Sharp Aquos LCD)

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