I meant the composite cable with yellow RCA jack that came along with the camera... :-)

Well, now then we're talking about an interlaced video being piped across a cable that supports around 240 lines of resolution, then upscale that entire questionable video signal to 1080i and... well, there you go :)

Also, watching a commercial DVD on an HDTV connected via component or HDMI is going to look gorgeous. The DVD player, if it's one so enabled, is going to upconvert to HD, whereas the component yellow cable is going to be piping pure SD.

C

I hope you found what my problem is :-), however, let me post another picture:
http://channeldv.com/public/mpg2compressed.JPG

This one was taken from the same TV with a component cable connected to the DVD. The video was compressed to mpeg2 using Cinema Craft Encoder (the most expensive and the best software encoder out there), but the result is pretty much the same. Another enlightenment please :-)

are these lines visible in the original footage when viewed on your computer monitor when editing?

There is 0% chance your 42" Plasma is 1920X1080, no such thing.

If it is 0 to 2 years old it is probably 1024X768.

If it is 1 to 3 years old it is probably 852X480.

OK, here is a pic I captured from my NLE:
http://channeldv.com/public/original.bmp
The wires are still jagged. Any comment?

The flag isn't looking too good either.

Shoot HDV and downconvert.

Shooting SD with the A1 is heresy.

my guess is that the wires were twisted. it is very rare that cables that are hung are just hanging and not twisted around a guide wire. either that or it is interlacing artifacts. either way this means that it is part of your source footage and not an artifact that is introduced by compression or the tv.

Hehe, this is the New England Style wire hanging.....

here is another pic using Sony Z1U,
http://channeldv.com/public/original_z1u.bmp

So can I say this problem is a universal problem with all HDV camera when SD is used?

That's awful.

"Hehe, this is the New England Style wire hanging....."

I don't see any witches dangling from them?

http://channeldv.com/public/original_z1u2.bmp
this is a better pic with Z1U, I deinterlaced the still....

Sorry my question wasn't relevant. Didn't notice you were using SD.

Richard

Hi Jeff. Why do you say this? We have these "Full HD" plasma sets for sale in Singapore. They're not as common as Full HD LCDs but you can get them no problem.

Richard