Editing Progressive scan (section)

==Usage in storing or transmitting==
Progressive scan is used for scanning and storing film-based material on [[DVD]]s, for example, as [[480p]]24 or [[576p]]25 formats.  Progressive scan was included in the [[Grand Alliance (HDTV)|Grand Alliance]]'s technical standard for [[HDTV]] in the early 1990s.  It was agreed that all film transmission by HDTV would be broadcast with progressive scan in the United States.<ref name="histv">{{cite book |title=The History of Television, 1942 To 2000 |last=Abramson |first=Albert |author2=Christopher H. Sterling  |year=2007 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0786432431 |page=245 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TOMOmmrvwCcC |access-date=27 January 2013 }}</ref>  Even if a signal is sent interlaced, an HDTV will convert it to progressive scan.<ref name="htfd">{{cite book |title=Home Theater For Dummies |last=Hurley |first=Danny Briere |year=2008 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-0470444375 |page=200 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TKYEPusm3nsC |access-date=27 January 2013 }}</ref>