Progressive Scan DVD for HD TV

[Mingus]

Is it a requirement to hook up a Progressive Scan DVD player to a high def TV. Presently I am using a non progressive scan DVD player and when using the 16x9 setting the picture looks compressed vertically.

[krzywica]

No it is not, you tv Has converters to account for this. What type of display do you have, (crt, lcos, lcd, plasma....)? Because if it is a fixed pixel display it will be conerted to the tv's native resolution anyway.

[EdwardGein]

Progressive scan DVD players are pretty cheap As you already have HD TV why don't you spend $50 or so on a progressive scan DVD player?

[bsr2005]

If you have HDTV, you can get clear picture with Progressive Scan DVD, But I suggest to go for Samsung Latest DVD Player, which upconverts Regular DVD to HDTV. I did not believe first. But I hooked up to HDTV month ago.. and you will see the difference. Cost : I paid $99 + Shipping from Costco.com.

[krzywica]

Yea I have a samsung hd 931 and if you have dvi or hdmi on your tv it makes a difference. I would recomend this player it has scored well in every torture test i have seen.
http://www2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/vModelDetail?displayTab=O&storeId=15001&catalogId=13401&itemId=71539&catGroupId=24988&modelNo=DVD-S97S&surfModel=DVD-S97S&cacheProgram=11002&cachePartner=7000000000000005702

[Slosh]

Is it a requirement to hook up a Progressive Scan DVD player to a high def TV?In my experience progressive scan DVD players usually do a better job of de-interlacing than the TV's upconversion circuitry. I wouldn't go too cheap on a new DVD player though, stick with a well known name brand.
Presently I am using a non progressive scan DVD player and when using the 16x9 setting the picture looks compressed vertically.Sounds like you have your DVD player set up for 4:3. Go into your DVD player's set up menu and change it to 16:9.

[Mingus]

Slosh, you are right I was in such a rush to make all connections that I forgot to make changes to the DVD player. I made the change and everything is fine. I plan on getting a better DVD player later on. The TV I purchase is the Samsung 50" DLP. The picture is fantastic.

Thanks for all the replies.