[Miggy]

So I'd been using my new Sony HDTV hooked up to a Panasonic DVD player using component cable (can give exact model #s later if it's necessary) for about a month. One day I noticed a button on the DVD remote labeled Progressive. I'm curious, so I push it and lo and behold, a Progressive indicator lights up on the player and the TV switches over to 480p instead of 480i. I had thought it was already doing this automatically because I checked the settings in the player and Progressive Scan was set to auto. Turns out this only meant automatically switches from Film to Video progressive scanning WHEN it's on.

Anyway, I figure, great! I now have progressive scanning turned on when watching DVDs. I watch a few movies, but then I notice one scene that's so dark that I can't make out any detail that I just suspect should be there. I turn progressive scan off, and the image lightens up and reveals all these hidden details.

What I ended up doing was running Video Essentials again with PS turned on and set the brightness and contrast again. I had to up both of them a good bit to get the image detail the same as what it was when PS was turned off. However, it still looks too dark. With PS turned off (and with my original picture and contrast settings), the picture looks much more natural.

My questions is: is this normal for there to be such a difference with PS turned on or off. This is my first experience with being able to use PS, so I'm not sure. On the other hand, could there be something wrong with the player? When the TV is getting HD over the air and getting 720P signals, it looks fine, and I put it the same picture settings in the TV input that I got from the Component input with VE the first time.

I hope this is clear.. I'm having to type it out real quick before I leave here in a second.

Miggy, the Thief