[mythtv-users] OT: 4K TV. But why (yet)?

[Karl Newman]

On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 5:05 AM, Brian J. Murrell <brian at interlinx.bc.ca>
wrote:

> On Thu, 2015-12-03 at 11:35 +0000, Duncan Brown wrote:
> >
> >
> > I've just got a new 4k TV,
>
> I wondered who was buying those.  :-)
>
> > On the Mythtv side of things I don't have any actual 4k content to
> > watch
>
>
I actually just leapfrogged HD and bought a 4K set to replace my SD TV that
I've had for 15+ years. Although nearly all of my content is still in SD,
aside from a couple Blu-Ray rips. I bought it because it was a decent price
for a well-reviewed unit and I was hoping for some degree of
future-proofness. That may not pan out, but eh, it was past time to upgrade
anyway. Eventually I'll upgrade to a video card that can actually drive it
in 4K... (I did get a 4K capable A/V receiver though, with a 4K video
processor, not just switching). And I'll probably look into getting a
HDHomerun Prime so I can start getting some programs in HD too. I had a few
hiccups getting my MythTV settings to work correctly for my new setup. I
discovered that the "Hall" upmixing that JYA had added at my request
requires the "Stereo PCM Only" to be checked in the Advanced audio
settings. I subsequently disabled the upmixing because my new receiver has
a 7 channel stereo mode. I also had to remove my xrandr line from .xinitrc
which was setting the display resolution and size (to inform Myth that my
old TV was actually a 4:3 despite what the HDMI->analog converter said).
And now that we have a widescreen my family can enjoy the Christmas
Mythfrontend theme this year. :-)

Karl
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