[mythtv-users] OT: A question on the HD-PVR and non-HD content

[Yeechang Lee]

John P Poet <jppoet at gmail.com> says:
> The HD-PVR understands 480i, 480p, 720p and 1080i.  It always
> encodes to H.264, and it will do it at whatever resolution the input
> is.
> 
> For recording, Myth checks what resolution the HD-PVR is reporting
> and will tell the HD-PVR to use a user-defined bitrate based on that
> resolution.  So, 480i can be configured to use a much lower bitrate
> than 1080i, since the extra bits will not help the picture quality.

The last time I checked my understanding was that people should set
their cable boxes to output only 720p, as 1080i encoding had major
issues. Has that changed, or is that only a problem stil with some
people' setups, like jedi's?

On that note, I've yet to see any 1080i sample HD-PVR clips. Anyone
know of one publicly avalable?

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