[mythtv] VGA to NTSC scan converter

[Broc Stirton]

On Thu, 14 Nov 2002, Jeremy Oddo wrote:

> >
> > Does any one have any info on what refresh would
> > theoretically work best with a scan converter?  My first instinct (60Hz)
> > proved to most defintely not be the best looking.
> >
> Seriously?  I would have guessed 60Hz as well, seeing as how NTSC
> refreshes each field at 60Hz (well, 59.94Hz)  I would have guessed that
> refreshing faster wouldn't make a difference.  Interesting indeed.  Of
> course, PAL refresh is 50Hz.
>

That was my reasoning (I live in Texas, so NTSC here), but the 60Hz
modelines for 800x600 and 640x480 looked pretty bad.  IIRC, it was more
flickery.  My unit has a flicker filter (not sure how good), but maybe the
small diff between the NTSC 59.9xx sync and 60Hz is the problem (?)....