What is Progressive and Interlaced Scan?
Progressive and interlaced scan is how a picture is displayed on the screen of the TV. Interlaced scan will display the picture by first displaying the odd number of lines on the screen and then the even number of lines. This is done extremely quick 1/60th of a second for odd and then even lines so the eye sees only one complete picture. Analog broadcasts have always been interlaced, as that is the scan system designed by the founders of television broadcast. Progressive scan displays the entire picture in 1/60th of a second by progressively drawing the picture from top to bottom. This results in higher resolution with less picture distortions. Your computer monitor is a progressive scan display. Progressive scan will show much sharper edges on displayed images such as text.
