[mythtv-users] Really washed out picture since upgrade to 0.24.0

[Andre]

On 21 Nov 2010, at 18:56, Douglas Peale wrote:

> Unfortunately, one must be careful with TV settings, they don't just affect color handling.
> 
> For example if my Dell monitor sees anything on any input that is not RGB color space, (Y pr pv, component, composite, SVideo
> etc), it adds over-scan to the image. Even when 1 to 1 mapping is selected. I had to force my PS3 output mode to RGB over HDMI
> to get rid of over-scan.
> 
> I have heard of another case where naming the input anything but "PC" would disable the SPDIF pass through output on the TV
> (Samsung).

And Panasonic Viera Plasmas where the only mode that will give you 1:1 mapping is Game mode, also the only mode where full range RGB works, at least they let you change the setup from garish colour with hotter than Mercury contrast to something reasonable.

This kind of stupidity seems to be getting more prevalent too :-(

Andre