[mythtv-users] Settings for LARGE television screens (i.e.50+ inches)

[Joseph A. Caputo]

I have a 60" screen, and I also get the best picture with RTJPEG (same 
settings as you), with the same large file sizes.  I typically don't mind the 
large files, as I don't keep that many shows around.  If I'm going to be away 
on vacation, I switch it to MPEG4 for the duration to conserve disk space.  I 
actually find MPEG4 480x480 at 3300 scaled pretty tolerable for most of the 
shows I watch.  I guess it's a matter of personal preference... I'm more than 
happy to sacrifice some picture quality for the convenience of Myth.

-JAC


On Tuesday 20 May 2003 07:13 pm, Dan Robichaud wrote:
> I was wondering if there are many other users out there with LARGE
> television screens, if so I'd like to compare notes.  So far I've only been
> happy using the RTJPEG compression at the default 480x480 resolution and
> 150-170 quality factor and MP3 at 6-7.  This results in rather large files
> (3-4 GB /hr) and although I bought hard drives with this in mind (I'm using
> 2x120 GB drives in RAID0 for size and performance) I was wondering what
> sort of settings other users with large television screens were using and
> how happy they are with the results.
>
> I experimented some last night with MPEG4, but on my 53" screen, the
> picture would always seem to get fuzzy or blocky with artifacts (at least,
> at any sort of resolution and quality settings my CPU would allow before
> getting pegged at 100%)
>
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> Dan Robichaud