"here's a review mentioning this feature. "This player properly scales non-anamorphic DVDs and can zoom during progressive playback. Very few players at any price can do this."

Well, there ya go. You are misreading what this person is saying (and it's simply a review from Joe-Schmo, rather than from JVC.)

Now, if we were to go straight to the horse's mouth...

Progressive Scan Output, "Digital Direct" that can produce the video output at twice the conventional speed to allow the direct conversion of DVD's 24fps into progressive 60fps for display on your TV, thereby avoiding the quality disadvantages of I/P conversion.

When you click on the link to that, you get...

Progressive Scan Output
Video output that carries a video signal in which each horizontal line follows the next--unlike an interlaced output, which presents the odd-numbered horizontal lines, then the even-numbered horizontal lines, and so on. Progressive-scan video has less flicker and fewer motion artifacts than the traditional interlaced-scanning method.

Sorry, but "progressive-scan" has nothing to do with anamorphic. You've mixed your terms.

BTW, Laserman, you are "DA MAN"! Alpysoft gave me only 9 dropped frames, and a 45 GB file. DAMN!!!!!!