[mythtv-users] will this TV work for me?

[Steven Adeff]

On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 8:49 AM, Eric Sharkey <eric at lisaneric.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 2:41 AM, Jerome Yuzyk <jerome at supernet.ab.ca> wrote:
>> On Thursday, January 13, 2011 03:32:54 pm Eric Sharkey <eric at lisaneric.org>
>> wrote:
>>> On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Jerome Yuzyk <jerome at supernet.ab.ca>
>> wrote:
>>> > I am wanting to replace my Mythbox's 17" CRT monitor with one of these
>> TVs:
>>> >  http://www.dynexproducts.com/products/televisions/DX-22L150A11.html
>>> >
>>> > It's Best Buy's house brand.
>>> >
>>> > It has a VGA input, which is all I have for output from my nVidia 6200
>>> > card, and the specs seem to indicate the TV will take what my card is
>>> > putting out to the CRT already.
>>>
>>> Stupid question: Do you really need a TV?
>>>
>>> Generally an LCD monitor will be cheaper than an LCD TV.  Compare that
>>> TV with something like this:
>>>
>>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236079
>>>
>>> It's an inch bigger, has a higher resolution, and costs less.  All it
>>> lacks is a remote and tuner, but if you don't need those, it doesn't
>>> make sense to pay for them.
>>>
>>> Eric
>>
>> Yes, but in another thread talking about a 20" Samsung panel I got for Xmas
>> I was told it would be a waste with my analog SD material. I can either use
>> only a portion of such a large panel, or have the picture scaled out and
>> looking not so good.
>
> Nonsense.  Picture scaling is a solved problem.  If you have analog SD
> material, it's generally 720x480.  If you buy a 720p TV, you'll need
> to scale it to 1280x720 anyway.  The picture won't look any worse
> scaled to 1920x1080 than it would scaled to 1280x720.  If anything it
> would look better.  A 1080p set will be more future proof as well.
> What material will you be watching 5 years from now?
>
>> The TV in my inquiry is 10 bucks more at Best Buy
>> right now, and as a bonus (for me) has speakers built in, something I've
>> gotten used to with my old CRT.
>
> That LCD monitor in the link above also has integrated speakers.  Many
> models do.  All it lacks is the tuner and IR remote control.
>
> Eric

To add, the VDPAU hqscaling quality is superb. I watch a fair bit of
SD video on my 50" 1080p plasma (I only get Fox Soccer in SD sadly)
and when I upgraded to the GT220 and enabled vdpauhqscaling the
picture quality was much improved.

That said, the final quality at scale will obviously depend on the
source quality.

Also, don't worry so much about scaling SD to 720p or 1080p, as it is
really irrelevant, the real issue that kills the quality of SD video
is screen size. At something like 50" it doesn't matter if the tv is
480i or 1080p, a 480i signal is just going to plain look bad, a decent
interpolating scaler will only make it look less awkward.


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Steve
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