[mythtv-users] when to deinterlace?

[Jesse Guardiani]

On Saturday 04 February 2006 11:46 pm, matt wrote:
> Actually you may, probably do, need to deinterlace to your tv. I forget 
> exactly what what the deal is, but basically you need to turn it on or 
> adjust it when your watching something and you see lines across your  
> display. You'll see them top to bottom and usually when things are 
> moving quickly. If you ever watch Jimmy Neutron you will see it 
> sometimes, but you almost have to be looking for it. (This will have 
> nothing to do with Myth but how they render the cartoon) Both Myth and 
> your Nvidia card will have settings for it. So in your case I would say 
> that its probably on for your card, so you don't need it in Myth.
> 
> If you do a google search I'm sure you will fine many articles about it. 
> Its used for quite a few things.

Can anyone second this? I'm a very visual person, and I'm usually quite
sensitive to visual artifacts (my wife, an auditory/kinesthetic learner, 
is blind to most playback issues that annoy me to death), and I've never 
once noticed any such lines on my TV. I even watch Jimmy Neutron. :) 

Phill Edwards' comment about monitors makes sense. I bet deinterlace is
needed when using the VGA port on LCD TVs too, but not when using SVid or
RCA ports.


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Jesse Guardiani
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