What the hell is progressive scan!?

[RagnorokKing]

I can't play my games on my damn TV because of this.
What the hell is it!?

 

[xFangireKingx]

http://tinyurl.com/caz9lb :thumbs:

 

[FuuNoKami Oka]

I don't care what that scan thing is...all I care about is that link you posted KBIII. That freaking rocked! I saved the URL to do that and I hope I can pwn someone like you did.

 

[Kamen Rider Armor Ninja]

http://tinyurl.com/caz9lb :thumbs:

Be honest you dont know it your self too.

 

[JFC]

Be honest you dont know it your self too.

If he didn't, then he did a smart thing by starting to look it up.

 

[RagnorokKing]

Oh wow, thanks.
I didn't think to look it the **** up.
THANK YOU OH WISE AND MIGHTY PERSON!
THE WORLD IS A BETTER PLACE WITH YOU AROUND!

First thing I did was wikipedia the damn thing.
It was awesome how I didn't understand it.
So allow me to reiterate, can someone explain it to me, in layman's terms what progressive scan is.
I read the fucking definition, but when you don't know what interlacing sequential frames means, you need a little help.
And no, before people start to bash, I am not smart.

 

[Tiger]

:nono:

 

[Lynxara]

I could explain to you what progressive scan is, but to be honest, I have no idea why the **** progressive scan would prevent you from playing a video game. So I'm not sure how to tell you anything particularly useful.

 

[Kura]

I thought it had something to do with framerate and how the pixels on your TV screen interlace or something like that..

Meh. I dunno.

 

[Lynxara]

It does, but progressive scan is usually an optional thing. I can't imagine why a game would need progressive scan to run. Unless a system is connected to a TV by component cables, it can't output in progressive-- but progressive is only the maximum resolution for Wii and PS2.

For both of the these systems, progressive scan is an optional mode that not all games necessarily support. If you're connecting your systems to your TV via S-Video or composite cables, then you're using an interlaced signal that just about any TV should be able to understand.