@bb Hi ! Do you know where to find this kinf of information ? I will buy a sony DCR-TRV16 (just ordered) do you know anything about this ones? Thanks Andres

Hello majerle, you can find technical information by using search engines like Google. Your camcorder supports interlaced mode only (it has progressive still image support, though). Progressive scan camcorders are more expensive. Look here: bb

Thanks bb !! Andres

i will buy the canon mv5i 

Where did you find mv5 its progressive ?' 

bb: Where did you find mv5 its progressive ?' i dont find that information anywhere ...

@fcaeiro: I must admit that I simply assumed that the MV4 and MV5 camcorders have progressive scan like their predecessor MV3 which I own. But reading the specs they speak about "progressive photo shot" only. So I'm not certain any longer... Does anybody here know for sure if the Canon MV5 series have progressive scan for film (not only photos) like the MV3? bb

Ok, but on they explicitly state that the MV3 features a "800.000 pixel RGB Progressive Scan CCD", wheras on the MV5 page there's nothing. On the two camcorder's "Technical Information" pages you find: MV5: "CCD size: 1/6" interlace" MV3: "CCD Type: 1/4" progressive scan" As this information comes directly from Canon I fear the MV5 doesn't have progressive scan, but progressive photo shot only. Still not absolutely sure, though. To me it's strange that camcorder producers don't clearly advertise progressive scan capabilities. bb

On DVDs there's enough space available to use bitrates high enough for interlaced encoding. You can save some space with progressive video, because you can achieve the same quality at up to 30% less bitrate. Generally this is not an important issue when dealing with DVDs. I wouldn't recommend interlaced encoding for SVCDs, though, because of the low bitrate you have to cope with. Interlaced films are said to play "smoother" on interlaced displays (TV), because you see 50 fields instead of 25 progressive frames per second (PAL). Some people say they can see that the video is not as smooth when playing @ 25 fps progressive. From progressive shots you can pick a still picture at any time, if there's movement or not, and it'll be clean. Interlaced shots show combing artefacts, which you will see on progressive displays, too (computer monitor), unless your player deinterlaced during playback (which degrades quality). bb

my enconder will be CCE does CCE encode as interlaced.. If i need to make svcd, can i use avisynth to deinterlace ?? thank you