[mythtv-users] HDTV MythTV parts list

Jarod Wilson jarod at wilsonet.com
Sat Sep 17 02:11:01 UTC 2005


On Friday 16 September 2005 10:20, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> Jarod Wilson wrote:
> > My TV does everything for me automagically in hardware. :-)
> >
> > Deinterlacing a 1080i signal for display at 1080p is easier than
> > doing it for a 720p display, since you don't have to scale the video
> > at all. I dunno the specifics of exactly what's happening under the
> > hood on my TV, but I get absolutely zero interlace artifacts on 1080i
> > content. I do see some minor interlace artifacts on 480i stuff, but
> > only upon very close inspection (nose near the screen), and even
> > then, they aren't bad. My ASSumption is that the TV just has a really
> > good deinterlace filter in it. Maybe I should read my TV's manual one
> > of these days to figure out exactly what's going on... ;-)
>
> So, why a 1080i signal?  Have you considered sending a 1080p signal?

I'm not sending a 1080i signal, I am in fact sending a 1080p signal from my 
Myth box to the TV. But viewing 1080i recordings still requires no software 
deinterlace filter. Sorry for being clear as mud there... ;-)

> Would that make 720p look better (since it's only scaled instead of
> scaled/interlaced/deinterlaced)?  It should make 1080p30/1080p24 look
> better (if broadcasters are even using them--I know you can get movie
> trailers in 1080p24)...  (Gotta admit I haven't done any HDTV stuff,
> yet--next month when I'm done with some travel, though.  :)

No problems w/720p content.

-- 
Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com
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