[mythtv-users] Optimizing MythTV for AMD64

[Brian Foddy]

On Sun, 3 Apr 2005, Brad Templeton wrote:

> On Sun, Apr 03, 2005 at 10:53:46PM -0600, Brian Foddy wrote:
> > I would think a larger portion of HD TVs are 1080i native.  The older
> > generation of Rear Projection analog TVs were almost all 1080i native.
> > Mine can do both, but 720p is up/down (however you view it) scaled to 1080i.
> > Given these tvs have been on the market for many years, I'd think they
> > may still outnumber the new plasma and DLP tvs.
> 
> I presume you mean CRT projection TVs.  The question is, do the CRTs inside
> these really have the ability to display 1080 lines?  In my own shopping
> comparisons, I did not find the CRT projection TVs to produce as sharp
> an image (even with the artificial sharpenings off, though I could not
> do this in every case) as the 720 and 768 line microdisplay TVs.
> 
> However, there can be other reasons for this.  The direct CRT TVs, which
> are pretty rare, like the fancy Sony XBR, really do have 1080 lines and
> even more, and of course our computer monitors mostly have more as well.
> 
> Of course, people are buying microdisplays for other reasons -- size,
> weight, contrast, stability, and maybe they really are giving up
> resolution.   Based on what I see on the floors of TV stores, microdisplays,
> though more expensive, seem to be dominating.
> 
I meant the usual 40-60" rear projection TVs.  I wouldn't call them CRTs
as they aren't the standard CRT/TV tube.  

Maybe by volume, the smaller desktop hi-res TVs may be surpassed them,
but there are a lot of people with them.  They are big and cheap...

Brian