[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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