[mythtv-users] Card That Gives The Best Quality Picture?

[tom roth]

You are aware that when looking "Live TV" in mythtv you are actually
watching a recording ?
Therefore the chosen recording parameters for the "Live TV" profile
influence the quality you see in Live TV under mythtv.
If you want to check what your card is capable of you can try: mplayer
<devicename>.
Hope that helps.

tom

On 20/11/06, Armblessed <armblessed at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Ah, Thanks for the info, Brian!
>
> You also made me take a closer look at my question.  I should have
> included "Live TV" picture quality in addition to recorded TV in my initial
> question.
> Is there anything I can do other than attempt to boost the signal to get a
> better live TV picture quality?  I've tried boosting the signal but it
> doesn't seem
> to make any difference.  I figured if I can improve the Live TV picture
> quality then the recorded picture quality would have a better chance of
> improving.
>
> Thanks again!
>
> -Lionel
>
> On 11/20/06, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Nov 20, 2006, at 2:37 AM, Armblessed wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hey there, guys & gals
> > >
> > > I've finally gotten my MythTV box running.  It was an epic battle
> > > and with the exception of a stupid question or two (thanks again,
> > > Mike! ^_^) , I'm pretty satisfied with the installation process of
> > > MythTV.
> > > Now that I've gotten to use it for a few days, I started to notice
> > > the picture quality of the Haupauge PVR-500 card I have.  I can say
> > > that it is pretty...well... "meh".   Compared to the picture
> > > quality of the
> > > backups of my DVDs, the picture this card gives for my cable is
> > > simply underwhelming.  I've heard alot of people talk bad about the
> > > picture quality of the card I've chosen so I know it's not just my
> > > cable signal.  That being said, I loved the challenge of this
> > > install so much that I want to build another MythTV box but I don't
> > > really want to end up with the same less-than-stellar picture
> > > quality from my next card I select. Dual tuners aside, What would
> > > this group think would be the card that has the best picture
> > > quality that could replace the functionality of my PVR-500?
> > >
> >
> >
> > As I understand it the PVR-500 is simply a pair of PVR-150s on a
> > single card.
> >
> > I'm using several 150s and and am more or less happy with their
> > performance, they do what I would expect from an SD hardware MPEG-2
> > encoder.
> >
> > You might want to look at the encoding parameters for your card(s),
> > the defaults are somewhat less than optimal, and certainly less than
> > you would get from a DVD rip. Setting them up for better quality will
> > no doubt require more storage, but life is full of tradeoffs.
> >
> >
> >
>
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