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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I have just setup my second Myth box and I have been
recording a lot of shows.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I also
have a Windows box next to my <span class=SpellE>Mythboxes</span> that uses the
default software (WinTV2000) that came with my PVR-250 Rev1.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Having the two boxes next to each with the
same graphics card gforce440mx, same 21 inch Dell FP2001 LCD monitors, and the
same PVR-250 cards has allowed me to notice a lower quality video being
recorded in Myth as opposed to WinTV2000.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>I noticed that the default in WinTV2000 was <span class=GramE>720x480</span>.
Currently my <span class=SpellE>Mythboxes</span> are set to record at 480x480
at 2500kbps.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I have read on earlier
posts that increasing the bit rate and/or resolution does not yield that much
improvement in video quality.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I
have one channel that is a somewhat noisy and if I record the same show on both
the <span class=SpellE>Mythbox</span> and WinTV2000, the Windows video will far
surpasses the quality of the Myth recording.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>It seems as though somehow the Windows
recording is using some filtering to get the noise out. If I burn the Windows
video to DVD in 1 hour mode and watch on a DVD player to a 27” TV via the
<span class=SpellE>svideo</span> input, the Windows recording looks better than
the original show did on TV!<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>What’s up with the outstanding quality in Windows?<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Are there any settings I can adjust in
Myth to get to the same level of quality?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>I have also burned a Myth recorded video to DVD as well and it looks
about the same as it did on the <span class=SpellE>Mythbox</span> watching the
recording.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Russell<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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