[mythtv-users] Really washed out picture since upgrade to 0.24.0

[Brian Wood]

On Sunday, November 21, 2010 12:03:23 pm Andre wrote:
> On 21 Nov 2010, at 18:56, Douglas Peale wrote:
> > Unfortunately, one must be careful with TV settings, they don't
> > just affect color handling.
> > 
> > For example if my Dell monitor sees anything on any input that is
> > not RGB color space, (Y pr pv, component, composite, SVideo etc),
> > it adds over-scan to the image. Even when 1 to 1 mapping is
> > selected. I had to force my PS3 output mode to RGB over HDMI to
> > get rid of over-scan.
> > 
> > I have heard of another case where naming the input anything but
> > "PC" would disable the SPDIF pass through output on the TV
> > (Samsung).
> 
> And Panasonic Viera Plasmas where the only mode that will give you
> 1:1 mapping is Game mode, also the only mode where full range RGB
> works, at least they let you change the setup from garish colour
> with hotter than Mercury contrast to something reasonable.
> 
> This kind of stupidity seems to be getting more prevalent too :-(

They are probably trying to reduce support calls from unhappy customers, 
by trying to have the device figure out what it is the customer wants.

Of course they are making a total botch if it, mostly because neither 
the manufacturer or the customer actually knows what the customer 
actually wants.

Tech writers, to actually explain what the product will do, are even 
more expensive than people to answer support calls, so of course this 
idea is tossed out immediately.


As home video equipment gets more and more technical, the users need to 
be more and more educated, something that simply can't be done by trying 
to have the TV set do the thinking for the user.