[mythtv-users] USA OTA - interlaced?

[Brent Bolin]

On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 9:31 PM, Brent Bolin <brent.bolin at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 1:48 PM, Matt Garman <matthew.garman at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Is there a way to tell if a given recording is interlaced or not?
>> FWIW, I'm in Chicago, IL, USA.  We record the national networks,
>> primarily FOX ("WFLD 32").
>>
>> I ask for the following reason: a while ago, I started experimenting
>> with using Intel (Sandy Bridge) graphics, so I could lose my
>> power-hungry Nvidia card.  During initial testing, I disabled
>> de-interlacing in my playback profile.  And to this day, I still don't
>> have any interlacing enabled, because everything plays back
>> beautifully.
>>
>> So either I am recording progressive content, or my TV (Panasonic
>> TC-P65V10) is doing the deinterlacing for me.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Matt
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> While watching the program press the menu key.  Goto video, Goto video scan
>
> It will show you what's it's detected.  Interlaced or progressive.
>
> I believe 1080 is only interlaced and 720 is progressive

BTW: I am in the Chicago area and American Idol recorded tonight shows
up as progressive.