[mythtv-users] Stupid question - deinterlacing

[Allen Edwards]

On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Phil Wild <philwild at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Perhaps this is a stupid question. I have a 1080p plasma panel and
> watching the OTA 1080i signal, the picture looks real good. So to me,
> that would infer that the TV has a good quality de-interlacer built
> in. I don't know if it is possible, but could mythtv switch the video
> signal of the graphics card to match the OTA stream and leave it to
> the TV to perform the work in making the picture look as good as it
> can on the display?
>
> Cheers
>
> Phil


I have been wondering the same thing.  My 720p projector can take 1080i
input and has everything built in to deal with it.  This seems like a pretty
simple way to get around the issue of having the processor horse power to do
it in software.  So, to me it is not a stupid question.

Allen
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