[mythtv-users] Re: 1000th picture quality question

Matt Grommes matt at mattorama.net
Tue Mar 15 19:38:24 UTC 2005


I have this exact same problem. The quality of out of my Tivo was much 
better as well. I haven't had much time to work on it so if anybody has 
suggestions, I would love to hear them.


Mark L. Cukier wrote:
> No!!! Don't give up!!!
> 
> I'm having the same problem, and I can't leave it alone. As I've said, I 
> have a TiVo and the picture is MUCH better on the TiVo than on the 
> Myth... and I REFUSE to believe that Myth is not capable of equalling 
> TiVo's quality!!! There must be something we're missing....
> 
> People with excellent quality... any hints? Suggestions?? Tell us about 
> your setup!!! Don't leave us with non-crispy images!! :-D
> 
> - Mark
> 
> Dan Goldberg wrote:
> 
>>> Quick question, Does playing dvd's look good?  My dvd
>>> playback was super, but my tv playback was horrible.
>>> Waiting on an older pvr 250 in hopes that it has
>>> something to do with the newer tuner type :/
>>>
>>>   
>>
>>
>> Yeah, the DVD playback looks perfect. I tried connecting an S-video cable
>> from my DirecTV receiver into my PVR 250 and I think the quality is a 
>> little
>> better than splitting the coax out of the DirecTV receiver. But, it's 
>> still
>> not as crisp and clear as watching tv straight from the receiver.
>>
>> I'm probably just going to give up. The quality is pretty good and if I
>> weren't comparing with the feed straight out of the receiver I'd probably
>> say it was really good. It just always nags at me that it's possible 
>> for the
>> picture to be crisper.
>>
>> Anyway, thanks for everyone's help. I'm guessing it must have 
>> something to
>> do with my physical setup (cords, connections, hardware....). As I 
>> said in a
>> previous post, everything I've tried software-wise doesn't seem to affect
>> the crispness that much.
>>
>> Dan.
>>
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