[mythtv-users] Happy...but picture is grainy

[Cory Papenfuss]

> Now that my wife and I are getting used to it, thought, we've noticed
> that the picture quality isn't *quite* the same as live tv.  I've
> tried increasing the resolutions in setup, but it doesn't seem to
> change the slightly grainy appearance of the tv.  Any thoughts?  My
> system specs are:
>
 	As others have mentioned, "graininess" may be coming from low 
signal level or not enough bitrate on the encoding.  I have long had 
issues with the "softness" of my PVR-250 as compared to the tv's tuner. 
After a rather involved investigation, I concluded that it appears to be 
a limitation of the tuner card and/or driver.  Anything over about 480x480 
results in no measurable improvement in resolution.

-Cory

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* Cory Papenfuss							*
* Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student               *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 			*
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