[mythtv-users] DISH+HD-PVR - best resolution?

[belcampo]

Jim Stichnoth wrote:
> My DISH Network receiver is a ViP 211.  Its output can be set to 1080i
> or 720p (or 480i as well, I suppose).  I am using an HD-PVR for
> recording programs from DISH.  I am using VDPAU to display at my TV's
> native resolution of 1366x768.
> 
> Does anyone have opinions on whether I should set the ViP 211 to 1080i
> or 720p?  Will there be differences in picture quality, MythTV/HD-PVR
> stability, or file sizes?  For what it's worth, the web seems to
> indicate that DISH's HD content is sent in a weird 1440x1080i format.
It's not such weird resolution set aspect at 16/9 and you get 1920:1080
So 1080i would be the original resolution, the rest is downscaling.
> So no matter what, the ViP 211 will do its own scaling (and possibly
> deinterlacing), and then VDPAU will rescale (and possibly deinterlace)
> for my TV.
> 
> Jim
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