Proceed PVP - Manual (Page 9)

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• computer-generated effects and such, running at a progressive 60
frames per second
Despite their origins, what you have coming in from your cable company or on
that rental tape is plain, interlaced NTSC video. The conversions from computer-
and film-originated material to “make it fit” normal video are quite different.
One of the hallmarks of a great line doubler is its ability to quickly detect pat-
terns in the incoming video that indicate where the signal originally came from,
and to switch to the most appropriate method for reconstructing the progressive
signal for each source. There are big differences between deinterlacers (line dou-
blers) in this area.
the PVP 480p output The PVP Progressive Video Processor option for your PMDT provides a progres-
sive component “480p” video signal to your display device. Rather than relying on
the unsophisticated progressive output modes of many MPEG decoders used in
modern DVD players, the PVP uses high-performance, purpose-designed circuitry
to realize truly outstanding progressive video performance.
Specifically, the PVP is based on a third-generation deinterlacing device that ac-
cepts the digital video signal directly from the output of the PMDT’s MPEG de-
coder. Because this signal has never been converted to analog prior to being
deinterlaced, the deinterlacing circuitry can work with the “original bits” and do a
superlative job of rendering the most accurate picture possible from the informa-
tion stored on your DVD.
As described above, the PVP has three different modes, depending on the source
of the video footage being reproduced. It also includes advanced adaptive motion
compensation to minimize interlace artifacts. Its sophistication goes far beyond
the progressive outputs found on most DVD players. In short, it does everything
you would expect of a state of the art deinterlacer, with even greater precision
due to the direct digital video connection used within the PMDT, between the
MPEG decoder and the deinterlacer.
video inputs Having gone to the trouble of “doing it right” with the deinterlacing in the PVP, it
seemed wrong to then send you back to the world of poorly-implemented
deinterlacing for the rest of the “legacy” components in your system.
Instead, the PVP includes a high quality video inputs board that receives inter-
laced video (either NTSC or PAL), decodes it, and forwards a digital component
video version of the signal to the deinterlacer and
video output board. Using the
“PVP menu” in the PMDT, you can easily select from the component, S-video, and
composite inputs on the
video inputs card, or select the PMDT itself for watching
a DVD.
In this way, several outboard components can benefit from the exacting imple-
mentation of the deinterlacer used in the PVP, rather than limiting those benefits
to the playing of DVDs only.
a system solution If you also own a Proceed AVP audio video preamplifier, the system becomes
significantly more powerful and flexible, while at the same time being even easier
to use.