[mythtv-users] *huge* difference in picture quality..

[Craig Tinson]

ok.. I *had* to share this.. as I didn't realise it'd make such a *huge* 
difference..

I've been running myth for a couple of months now.. and have been quite 
happy with it.. i'd accepted the fact that I was going to lose some 
quality from the original source in order to have this kind of 
functionality.. after a couple of months I was *really* even noticing it 
anymore..

I'm in the UK and I have a cable box in the bedroom.. I was running a 
10-12 meter coax from its secondary output to the tv card (aver media 
tvstudio) on the backend server (hidden behind my tv in the front room)

Out of curiosity I moved the backend server to the bedroom.. and 
exchanged the coax to a 1 meter composite cable I had laying around.. 
this plugged into the cable box via a scart connector (with passthrough 
back to the portable tv in the bedroom)

*wow*

it's now absolutely perfect.. I seriously cannot distinguish from the 
original source and the resulting picture I have on my frontend back in 
the front room...

if you are like me and are using the coax output from a cable or sky box 
in the uk.. *go and get a compositive cable and scart converter from 
maplins or such*

I was blown away.. and the wifes mouth dropped open when she came home 
and saw the difference...

just thought I'd share.. I wasn't aware of the fact that composite is 
*so* much better than coax...

Thanks!!

Craig


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