[mythtv-users] tv out quality not as good as straight through

[Ben Bucksch]

Joseph A. Caputo wrote:

> On Friday 02 January 2004 05:07, Chris Germano wrote:
>
>> I've now setup two Myth systems on the network here, and all looks
>> good. One thing that I notice is that if I go directly from my
>> DirecTV receiver's Svideo -> My TV then it looks noticeably sharper
>> then when using MythTV's livetv even with the encoding is turned up.
>
Yes, encoding is compression and loses data.

> For the best possible picture out of your computer, you probably would
> want a PVR-350 (or a DVI output, if you have a TV with DVI-in). The TV
> encoders on most consumer video cards are not all that great.

The TV out on my GF2MX is great, DVDs look crisp, notably better than 
normal TV (integrated tuner) or MythTV.