[mythtv-users] Specs

[Jarod C. Wilson]

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On Thursday 08 January 2004 13:40, Buchanan, Paul wrote:
> On Thursday, January 08, 2004 9:32 AM, Curtis Wood wrote:
> > On the quality of the 350's tv out... How would it compare to an
> > AT8500 -> connected to a 57" hitachi hdtv (widescreen) via DVI
> > (720x480)? The only thing that sux about this setup is that the
> > sharpness can be a big factor, and its at least 2x less sharp through
> > a 250... Also since Im asking - I have a Sb Audigy (v1), but cant get
> > to the AC3 pass through goodies, because I can only use the audio
> > from the encoded stream - does anyone know a way around this? Would
> > the 350 be anybetter?
>
> The reason the 350's output would be better than the setup you describe has
> to do with having to de-interlace the orriginal analog signal so that a
> progressive signal can be sent through the DVI.  The 350 does not
> de-interlace the signal, giving you an analog interlaced signal back with
> little quality reduction.

I believe you're probably correct, speaking strictly about NTSC television 
signals. Any other video (DVD, divx, HDTV, etc) is going to look much better 
on the DVI (well, the 350 can't even handle some of the other stuff). 
However, I get damned near identical quality direct from my cable box and 
from video fed through my PVR-250-equipped MythTV box, both feeding the TV 
via component video.

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Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE

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