[mythtv-users] Cheapest Silent HDTV Myth Frontened

[Brian Wood]

On Nov 14, 2006, at 8:58 AM, Jeff volckaert wrote:

>> MediaMVP is not an HDTV frontend which OP wants.
>>
> Sort of off topic, but can anyone tell me how a MediaMVP looks on a
> 32" LCD TV using S-Video?  I see the prices coming down near $500 them
> and was wondering how it would look.
>

That's a tough one to answer. I have a 32" LCD which I normally feed  
from my FE/BE via the VGA connector and that looks quite good.

I have tried feeding the output of an MVP to the S-Video input of the  
TV, and as expected it looks nowhere near as good as the VGA feed.

It is watchable though, but you are asking such a subjective question  
that it's hard to give a reasonable answer. There are many other  
factors like the quality of the original source, the encoding  
parameters of the mpeg file, the quality of the TV set itself and,  
ultimately, your personal tolerance for crappy pictures.

The 32" LCDs that I have seen around for under $1000 usually have  
poor contrast ratios (around 500-600) and lousy brightness (maybe 300  
- 500). Maybe not too bad in a darkened room, but not great. The  
inexpensive ones are also likely to have narrower viewing angles than  
the better ones.

As always, you get no more than you pay for, and sometimes a lot  
less :-)