[mythtv-users] Poor quality pictures

[Michael T. Dean]

On 02/05/2010 06:21 PM, Alan Secker wrote:
> This is DVB-T on a Nova-T 500. The device produced excellent results
> in my previous machine, running Kaffeine. On the present more powerful
> machine, the picture is fine except that the it starts and stops with
> consequent smears with the sound slurring in sympathy.
>
> My first thought was the coax lead from the wall to the PC but I
> substituted an LCD TV. Not only was it fine but it found more channels
> than at its regular location in our kitchen.
>
> Is it possible that this is in some way caused by the settings? (Just
> grasping at straws),

Make sure you set your Playback Profile to a reasonable setting.  I
recommend just changing the Playback Profile group to (the default
configuration of) Slim (at least as a starting point). 
Utilities/Setup|Setup|TV Settings|Playback, 3rd screen

Mike