Sony KD-34XBR2 - 34" Hdtv Fd Trinitron Wega, Training Manual

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2. New Features
New Features
Menu
The video, screen mode and setup menus are new or have changed. The changes to the menu are explained
below:
Video Menu
Refer to Figure 2-1 for a sample of the video menu.
Figure 2-1
Video
Picture Mode Vivid
Picture
Brightness
Color
Hue
Sharpness
Color Temperature
Cool
VM High
DRC Mode CineMotion
Alternate Video Alternate 1
DRC Mode = Interlaced / Progressive / CineMotion – There are three
choices offered in the DRC mode. The Digital Reality Creation (DRC)
module within the Q box converts the NTSC input video to a higher reso-
lution picture. This is necessary so a standard resolution input can be
presented on this high-scan TV screen. During the conversion, you can
instruct the DRC module to output the high-resolution video in one of
three modes: Interlaced, Progressive or CineMotion.
Interlaced picture is for moving images – A single TV frame consists of
two picture fields (see Figure 2-2). Each field contains on half of the
picture and was originally presented this way in the NTSC TV standard
to reduce flicker.
Figure 2-2 - Interlaced Pix
Field
1 Field
2
"6i" Interlaced Picture consisting of
alternating lines from fields 1 & 2
Figure 2-3 - Progressive Pix
"6p" Progressive
Scan Picture
Progressive picture is for still pictures – When the TV screen contains pages of still text or a still image, an
interlaced picture appears to jitter. This is because field 2 displays the same picture as field 1, but is positioned
lower. When the fields are displayed one after the other, a still picture appears to jump. The solution is to not
displace these lines (see Figure 2-3). Progressive scan only has one field per picture so a still image does not
jump.
CineMotion is for movies shot at 35mm or wide 70mm – Movie film is NOT shot at the same rate that television
presents a picture. A Telecine Conversion must take place to present the 24 frames/sec of movie film in the 30-
frames/sec (60-fields/sec) TV rate. This conversion is also referred to as 3:2 pulldown because the first frame is
duplicated three times and the second twice (see Figure 2-4) before repeating. The result is that sometimes two
different film picture frames are merged into an interlaced TV frame. As a result, there may not be smooth
movement. Therefore, this Telecine conversion distorts moving TV images.