[mythtv-users] DeInterlacing && DVI

[Tom Dexter]

On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 12:07 PM, Johnny<jarpublic at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have been somewhat confused on this for quite some time, and have finally bit the bullet and make myself look stupid...  DVI output is digital and Progressive(or so I think).  If my previous statement is correct, then I shouldn't need to ever do any deinterlacing.
>>
>> So are the above statements correct???
<snip>
>The case where you
> theoretically don't need to do any deinterlacing is when you are
> sending an interlaced signal to an interlaced display. However there
> are many instances where a high quality deinterlacer in MythTV may
> look better on your interlaced TV than sending it the regular
> interlaced signal. But you would just have to try and see if that is
> the case for your display.

It is worth mentioning however (for anyone who hasn't followed the
many discussions of the topic) that the above (sending
non-deinterlaced video to an interlaced display) simply does not work
correctly with any modern nVidia drivers and causes severe tearing.

Tom