Strange thing happened today. Had this Pioneer looking fine with the HD cable on the BNC inputs. But, the DVD player was full of interference. I'd describe it as a mottled picture, where noise just ran thru it. It looked like watching a cheap DVD with composite, where the resolution is poor and the lines jiggle all over the place. Could this be the plasma scaling to its own resolution?

Thinking I could improve things, I put the DVD in progressive mode, which I forgot to do the other night at 9:30 PM when it was time to leave. The screen went black. I got it back to interlaced and was back to where I was.

The manual seemed to indicate it had 480p mode and higher available, but the manual was not very clear.

Is this set HD or not? Even if not, it should display progressive, right?

I ended up running S Video to another input where it looked great.

When something like this throws me, I like to know why. Thanks for all who take the time to answer.

=Tom