http://files.filefront.com/Officiantzip/;10881035;

Here is a selection of different clips, about four seconds each. I'll post some longer ones later if you like.

Your explanation makes a lot of sense Jaiman, I think your probably right. Though any idea as to why deinterlacing has an affect on that?

So I guess I need to dive into some research on stair stepping.

In some ways this makes me sad, because the sharpening in Vdub was allowing me to retain about 90%-95% of the quality of the HD image. Regardless, its a relief to have a better idea of what I'm looking at, a thousand thanks to you! Because it is related to the sharpening on downconversion, would it help anything if I sharpen before downconvert or after downconvert ? I guess not, but can't blame me for hoping :)

Moth3r, the flickering appears around any patterns or straight lines, but it is not near so visible on a computer moniter. I must agree, the HV30 takes a beastly picture for the price. :)