[mythtv-users] Fwd: Using with a TV

Des Dougan des at DouganConsulting.com
Thu May 10 04:29:13 UTC 2007


On Tue, 2007-05-08 at 20:40 -0700, Rich Wilson wrote:
> Are there any other inputs on the TV you can use?

There is a second S-Video connector, which I tried with the same
results.

Des

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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Des Dougan <des at douganconsulting.com>
> Date: May 6, 2007 9:45 PM
> Subject: [mythtv-users] Using with a TV
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> 
> 
> I've configured MythTV using the SuSE 10.2 wiki pages and have it
> running fine on my PC, an AMD Sempron processor with an nVidia GEForce
> 5500 video card, 1 GB RAM and a 160 GB drive).
> 
> I also tested connected to a 27" CRT TV. I had some issues with colour
> balance and an overall light fuzziness. It was watchable, if not quite
> what I expected; however, when I connected the PC to the main TV we
> have, a big, floor-standing Toshiba 44", it showed up really fuzzy, and
> I can't get any richness in the colour balance. I've connected to the TV
> via an S-Video adapter, and even before running mythfrontend, the
> desktop looks washed out and not at all sharp. I put that down to the
> TV's resolution, but comparing channels directly connected via one of
> the TV's inputs versus what I see via MythTV shows up the lack of
> sharpness quite dramatically.
> 
> I'm really disappointed at this point - I was hoping for quality very
> close to that of the cable source, and would appreciate any pointers to
> adjustments I could try.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
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