[mythtv-users] Optimizing Picture output
Thomas Kessler
electronikjunkie at gmail.com
Tue Jun 12 03:56:03 UTC 2007
On 6/11/07, Nathan A. Smith <nasa01 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 2007-06-11 at 12:10 -0400, Thomas Kessler wrote:
> > On 6/10/07, Nathan A. Smith <nasa01 at comcast.net> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Call me confused. I have a rear projection TV that does all
> > the way up
> > to 1080p. It has many, many inputs -- and for this
> > discussion, I am
> > using the DVI connection. I have setup the resolution from X
> > to match
> > the state TV resolution 1920x1080. With this setup I have
> > noticed a
> > noticeable difference between regular TV and what I see via
> > Myth. Since
> > I have no artist ability -- I really have a hard time
> > describing what
> > that difference is (ie: color, contrast, brightness,
> > interlacing, all
> > the above). So my questions are:
> >
> > 1. As most things broadcast today are interlaced -- do I need
> > to do
> > deinterlacing?
> >
> > 2. How do I match color, contrast, brightness between normal
> > TV and
> > Myth?
> >
> >
> > 3. Are there other options I haven't noticed that I should be
> > using?
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> > Nasa
> >
> > Make sure to check out "Recording Profiles". You can adjust the
> > quality of "LiveTV" and other recording profiles. I set my "LiveTV" to
> > "720x480", "16:9", bitrate at 12000, and max bitrate at 16000. Since
> > LiveTV gets deleted in a day, I figure just crank the settings up. For
> > my default recording, the bitrates are much lower. I have a wide
> > screen TV and setting 16:9 helped a lot.
> >
> > TK
> >
> Thanks TK,
>
> Solid suggestion -- it did make a world of difference.
No problem. Forget about it. (in mafia voice) ;0>
TK
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