Sony DVP-NS999ES - Manual (Page 4)

ES Series DVD-Video/CD/SA-CD Players; Version 3.0 Page 4
The mathematical algorithms of Sony's Pixel-by-Pixel Active I/P
conversion have been committed to silicon in this Large Scale
Integrated circuit (LSI), the Sony CXD9698R.
Sony solves the problem with Pixel-by-Pixel Active I/P conversion that
includes built-in motion detection. This enables us to generate the ideal
progressive scanning output for each type of DVD source.
• Film originated material. For footage originally shot on 24-frames per
second film or film-like 24-frame progressive video, the Sony system
automatically and flawlessly detects the 3-2 cadence and performs full 3-2
reverse conversion. Mismatched film frames are never "force-fit" into a single
video frame. The system adds no motion blurring. You'll enjoy twice the
vertical resolution of conventional interlace video, for an experience that's less
like watching television and more like watching film.
• Film originated material on a DVD-R/RW or DVD+R/RW. DVD recorders
complicate the I/P conversion processes, because these recorders capture
everything as interlaced video. That means movies, even if they were
originally shot on film, are recorded as 30 frames per second interlaced, not
24 frames per second progressive. There are no First Field Repeat Flags
(FFRFs), leaving many DVD players unable to guess at the original frame
structure. In this case, conventional 3-2 reverse conversion will not work, but
Sony's Pixel-by-Pixel Active I/P conversion will. Thanks to built-in motion
detection, the Sony system does not depend on FFRFs. So you get accurate
reproduction on DVD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW discs.
• Film material intercut with interlaced video material. Sony's Pixel-by-
Pixel Active I/P conversion applies appropriate processing for film elements
and video elements, even when they alternate in rapid-fire sequence, as they
might during the "making of" documentary on a movie DVD. The Sony