[mythtv-users] Which TFT to get?

[White Joe]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Brian Wood
> Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 3:56 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Which TFT to get?
> 
> 
> On Mar 17, 2006, at 1:39 PM, White Joe wrote:
> 
> >>
> >> I'm using it as my Living Room TV set. It's being fed by my MythTV
> >> system's 6200 card via the VGA input. I'm running the computer's
> >> output at 1024x768. The myth system has analog cable and SD
> >> (composite) satellite going into it.
> >>
> >>   For HD I have an antenna connected to the ATSC RF input for the
> >> (one) digital OTA station in the area, and I have the HDMI 
> output of
> >> my DishNetwork receiver connected to the HDMI input for
> >> satellite HD.
> >> I do not do any HD with the Myth system (yet).
> >>
> >> It's not perfect, but as far as color quality, blacks etc. it is
> >> quite watchable. I worked in the broadcast business for 30
> >> years so I
> >> am probably more picky than most about image quality, but I also
> >> realize that I can't afford an Ikegami HD monitor. The thing that
> >> bugs me most about LCD sets is "smearing" from slow response times,
> >> and there is almost none of that visible.
> >>
> >> I think the actual panel on this Chinese-built set was made by LG
> >> (Korean).
> >>
> >
> > Thanks, that's pretty much what I am looking to do.  If you 
> are "in  
> > the
> > business" picky, then it is probably something that I can live with.
> > "Smearing" (thanks for the word) bugs me too.  I first noticed it  
> > during
> > the battle scene in "The Phantom Menace" and have hated it 
> every since
> > -- no matter the medium.
> >
> 
> I'm not too sure of the quality of the received ATSC. Basketball at  
> 1080i looks horrible with motion artifacts all over the place, but  
> with only 1 OTA HD channel it's hard for me to know if it's the  
> station or the receiver.
> 
> HD from the satellite looks as good as I've seen anywhere else, so  
> the problem may be the tuner/demod/decoder, or it might be 
> cheap gear  
> at the local station, it is the number 200-something market after  
> all :-)
> 
> The reviews I've read on the set have all been positive, except for  
> the remote.
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Of course that set seems to no longer be sold. rofl