Improve picture quality by using interlaced instead of progressive

While it may seem counterintuitive, many HDTV owners may experience better image quality by using an interlaced signal rather than progressive. The reason for this is that the deinterlacing--that is, the processing that converts a 480i signal to a 480p signal--of the Philips MCD702 is poor. Since every HDTV does its own de-interlacing for interlaced material, in this case it's probable that your TV's de-interlacing performs better than the MCD702's. Whether or not an interlaced signal will look better depends on the TV, so the only way to find out is to try both and see which looks better.