[mythtv-users] Quality diff between ATI TV Wonder and PVR-250
Michael T. Dean
mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Tue Oct 19 18:06:14 UTC 2004
kdavis at cyberdavisfamily.com wrote:
>I've been running Myth since .7 with an ATI TV Wonder. Basically use the
>system to record shows, then play them back when convenient. Quality is
>OK, but not good enough to use the system for live TV. Since the .7 days,
>most appear to be using a PVR-250/350. Would a switch to a 250 produce a
>noticeable quality increase in quality? My frontend is an Xbox connected
>to the TV via S-video.
>
>
Quality of the PVR-x50 encoders seems to be good (IMHO). However, the
source can have a major impact on quality. I'm using satellite with
video piped to my PVR-x50's via S-Video and I get very good quality. A
friend has analog cable and--because MPEG is lossy and doesn't deal well
with signal noise--gets significantly lower quality. (Couple that with
the fact that he's using a projector to get a 12 foot TV screen, and
it's amazing how much of a difference there is.)
Mike
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