[mythtv-users] Optimizing Picture output
Nathan A. Smith
nasa01 at comcast.net
Mon Jun 11 23:51:38 UTC 2007
On Mon, 2007-06-11 at 12:10 -0400, Thomas Kessler wrote:
> On 6/10/07, Nathan A. Smith <nasa01 at comcast.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Call me confused. I have a rear projection TV that does all
> the way up
> to 1080p. It has many, many inputs -- and for this
> discussion, I am
> using the DVI connection. I have setup the resolution from X
> to match
> the state TV resolution 1920x1080. With this setup I have
> noticed a
> noticeable difference between regular TV and what I see via
> Myth. Since
> I have no artist ability -- I really have a hard time
> describing what
> that difference is (ie: color, contrast, brightness,
> interlacing, all
> the above). So my questions are:
>
> 1. As most things broadcast today are interlaced -- do I need
> to do
> deinterlacing?
>
> 2. How do I match color, contrast, brightness between normal
> TV and
> Myth?
>
>
> 3. Are there other options I haven't noticed that I should be
> using?
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Nasa
>
> Make sure to check out "Recording Profiles". You can adjust the
> quality of "LiveTV" and other recording profiles. I set my "LiveTV" to
> "720x480", "16:9", bitrate at 12000, and max bitrate at 16000. Since
> LiveTV gets deleted in a day, I figure just crank the settings up. For
> my default recording, the bitrates are much lower. I have a wide
> screen TV and setting 16:9 helped a lot.
>
> TK
>
Thanks TK,
Solid suggestion -- it did make a world of difference.
>
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