KraGorn, thanks for a quick reply.
Well... <big sigh>
As briefly as possible (because if I go into detail, it will be a very long post):
I have a Philips Bsure SV1 LCD projector.
I have just bought the much-praised Panasonic E65 dvd-recorder, to replace my ageing (but excellent) Toshiba SD-200E dvd player.
One of the features I was looking forward to was the Panasonic's ability to output progressive scan. And, as mentioned in my previous post, it never occurred to me to question my projector's ability to accept progressive scan signal, as it accepts component input (that's how I had my Toshiba connected to it) and in all I ever read on this subject, I never came across anything to suggest otherwise (that not ALL LCD projectors support progressive scan signal).
But when I connected the E65 last night (component to projector), and all excited went into the menu and changed progressive scan from "off" to "on", the picture instantly got scrambled, it kind of vertically doubled, started jumping and shaking all over the screen
and it was insantly very obvious this was definitely NOT what progressive scan should look like.
I looked through all the settings, and as far as I could see, I don't have anything else set incorrectly which could cause this. The only conclusion I can come to is that my projector simply doesn't recognise the progressive scan signal. I had a look in its manual too, and there's no mention of progressive scan in there, neither that it does or that it doesn't support it. I just thought having component inputs that it would.
Will gratefuly receive any advice or opinion on this.
Thanks,
(dejected) Vlad.