[mythtv-users] MythTV Demo

Brian Wood beww at beww.org
Thu Jun 14 17:01:18 UTC 2007


Thomas Kessler wrote:
> On 6/14/07, *Brian Wood* <beww at beww.org <mailto:beww at beww.org>> wrote:
> 
>     Nice. The only problem I have with it is you can't really read any of
>     the text on the screen (menus etc.).
> 
>     Playing around with the monitor settings *might* improve this, but
>     shooting a TV screen of any type (CRT, LCD or Plasma) can be very
>     difficult, even with professional cameras costing well over $30,000.
>     Trying to do so with a consumer-grade video camera is probably an
>     exercise in futility :-)
> 
>     Sometimes playing with the electronic shutter (if your camera has one)
>     can help a lot in shooting a video screen as well.
> 
>     Other than that, nice job.
> 
>     BEWW
> 
> 
> Thanks, yeah I used a Cybershot to film it. I may redo it closer to the
> TV, might help with the blurriness.

Drop the brightness and perhaps the contrast down, and possibly even get
 some more light on the wall around the set, to reduce the light level
difference between the set and the surrounding wall.

BEWW


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