[mythtv-users] Card That Gives The Best Quality Picture?

[Armblessed]

Ah, Thanks for the info, Brian!

You also made me take a closer look at my question.  I should have included
"Live TV" picture quality in addition to recorded TV in my initial question.
Is there anything I can do other than attempt to boost the signal to get a
better live TV picture quality?  I've tried boosting the signal but it
doesn't seem
to make any difference.  I figured if I can improve the Live TV picture
quality then the recorded picture quality would have a better chance of
improving.

Thanks again!

-Lionel

On 11/20/06, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
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> On Nov 20, 2006, at 2:37 AM, Armblessed wrote:
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> > Hey there, guys & gals
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> > I've finally gotten my MythTV box running.  It was an epic battle
> > and with the exception of a stupid question or two (thanks again,
> > Mike! ^_^) , I'm pretty satisfied with the installation process of
> > MythTV.
> > Now that I've gotten to use it for a few days, I started to notice
> > the picture quality of the Haupauge PVR-500 card I have.  I can say
> > that it is pretty...well... "meh".   Compared to the picture
> > quality of the
> > backups of my DVDs, the picture this card gives for my cable is
> > simply underwhelming.  I've heard alot of people talk bad about the
> > picture quality of the card I've chosen so I know it's not just my
> > cable signal.  That being said, I loved the challenge of this
> > install so much that I want to build another MythTV box but I don't
> > really want to end up with the same less-than-stellar picture
> > quality from my next card I select. Dual tuners aside, What would
> > this group think would be the card that has the best picture
> > quality that could replace the functionality of my PVR-500?
> >
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> As I understand it the PVR-500 is simply a pair of PVR-150s on a
> single card.
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> I'm using several 150s and and am more or less happy with their
> performance, they do what I would expect from an SD hardware MPEG-2
> encoder.
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> You might want to look at the encoding parameters for your card(s),
> the defaults are somewhat less than optimal, and certainly less than
> you would get from a DVD rip. Setting them up for better quality will
> no doubt require more storage, but life is full of tradeoffs.
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