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David Fishburn wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On 11/1/07, Richard Woelk wrote:
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<pre wrap=""> Using a 42" screen, you won't be able to see all 1920x1080 pixels
further than about 4-5 feet away, but one reason I went to a 1080p set
is that it is hard for computers to output a good interlaced signal.
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Boy, never thought of that before. Are you saying it is more CPU
intensive to create an interlace signal that an full 1080p signal?
Even though HD broadcast television doesn't have full 1080p signals
yet?
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<pre wrap="">I have a 61" Samsung DLP, and I find that mythDVD looks better than my
standard DVD player hooked up via component.
I don't have an HD capture solution, so my mythtv watching is always SD
from a PVR-250 capture card. It is definitly watchable from 8 feet away.
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Since I am using a PVR-500, could you tell me what settings (Utilities
-> Setup -> TV Settings -> Recording Profiles -> MPEG-2 Encoders ->
Default) you used:
Width:
Height:
Aspect Ratio:
Bitrate:
Max Bitrate:
Much appreciated.
Dave</pre>
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Width - 720<br>
Height - 480<br>
Aspect ratio - 4:3 for standard def channels, 16:9 for high-def (I'll
explain later)<br>
bitrate - 4500<br>
max-bitrate - 6500<br>
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This gives me files about 2.6 GiB per hour. <br>
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The aspect ratio is a trick I use to prevent recording black bars. My
satellite box can force its component output to any standard
resolution, with the effect that if I set it to 480i, even the s-video
output is anamorphic 16x9 <br>
I have modified the high-quality profile to be the same bitrate as
default, but in 16:9, and I use that when recording from the high def
channels<br>
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I'll let you know too, that the wobulation that my tv does to get full
1920x1080 adds a little blurring / anti-aliasing effect to all the
displayed inputs. Its blurry enough that trying to read text or play
first person shooters causes me eyestrain. <br>
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here is one explanation<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.popsci.com/popsci/bown/2004/homeentertainment/article/0,22221,767810,00.html">http://www.popsci.com/popsci/bown/2004/homeentertainment/article/0,22221,767810,00.html</a><br>
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-Richard<br>
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