[mythtv-users] Blurring

[kim Gross]

norman wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-05-30 at 16:18 -0400, William Munson wrote:
>   
>> norman wrote:
>>     
>>> I am very new to looking at TV on the computer and I am quite happy with
>>> the result. There is one thing, however, on which I would welcome an
>>> opinion. Whenever there is rapid movement, such as scrolling captions,
>>> noticeable blurring takes place of the moving images. Is this a function
>>> of the video card and, if so, how should it be addressed?
>>>
>>> Norman
>>>   
>>>       
>> If you are viewing on a LCD monitor rather than an old picture tube 
>> monitor the blurring is due to the response time of your monitor. This 
>> is very common with monitors as they are designed to "hold" the picture 
>> for a short time. This prevents flickering on normal computer viewing 
>> but is not desirable on a tv picture.
>>     
>
> So, what you are saying is that it is a function of the monitor and
> nothing else. If that is the case then, because I have a LCD monitor, a
> different video card is no advantage.
>
> Norman
>
>   
Correct.  A LCD monitor with a faster responce time will help, but not 
completely eliminate the problem.

Kim