[mythtv-users] Resolution

J. Donavan Stanley jdonavan at gorpe.com
Wed Dec 3 06:25:19 EST 2003


James L. Paul wrote:

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>There is no "extra scaling" introduced. When I play my recorded video on my 
>TV, it's at the stream's native resolution. (I'm ignoring that I'm using an 
>anamorphic format. The number of pixels represented is unchanged.) TVs are 
>not pixel-based and do not scale NTSC or PAL video. The "resolution" of a 
>good consumer TV is approximately equivalent to 352x480, which is considered 
>the number of pixels needed to represent a SVHS quality image. The signal 
>quality of most analog cable TV sources in the US is about VHS quality or 
>slightly better, commonly about 280 lines. So, 352x480 is actually overkill 
>for my cable source, which is about 352x280. It's certainly a waste to use 
>more than half my bitrate to encode at 720x480!
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Does you know of a good way to determine the resolution of your TV?  
I've yet to be able to track down the info for my Wega on the web 
anywhere.  The Sony site itself has been less than helpful to say the least.



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