On 3 Feb 2003 06:07:10 -0800, dkingloff@mindspring.com (dan kingloff) wrote:

>I just purchased my 1st camcorder with progressive scan, a Sony VX2000

>and while I bought a 3 chip machine for the better low-light filming,

>I was wondering, if the final product is intended to be a DVD, is it

>better to film in progressive or interlaced mode?

The VX2000 PS-mode has been optimized to maximize

stills image quality, and it looks terrible when

used for motion-video (but, then so does the

PS-mode of every other video camera, when viewed on

normal TVs with motion in the image...;-). Use

normal (interlaced) mode for TV-viewing, since this

will smooth image motion; use PS-mode (of other

cameras) for computer-monitor viewing...