> Sorry for the newbie questions, but what is macrovision? Do you mean that > resolution of output from DVD is limited? I don't have an HDTV (yet) so I The analog DVD output contains standards violating signals that hose things like video recorders. Digital DVD output is prohibited by the licenses required to gain access to DVD specifications > don't know much about how they work. If I hook up a progressive scan DVD > player to an HDTV system, do I get increased resolution, or just no > interlacing? What is the input to the HDTV, standard RCA jacks, or does DVD is limited to 720x480 (you see about half the horizontal resolution with a typical analog TV). In the future you'll be able to link your DVD player via crypted digital links to an approved crypto protected etc HDTV. You'll need the same crypto to be able to use the TV by then probably