[mythtv-users] PVR-350 and MythTV recording quality sample

[Alex Cruz]

 Thanks to everyone for the info. 

On Tuesday 15 March 2005 08:36 am, Mark L. Cukier wrote:
> I'm going to have to chime in here.
>
> For me (though in all fairness, I'm not a linux expert and I'm not done
> tweaking all the options), I find the video from Myth to be... well,
> tolerable. Straight out of the box, I had a PVR-350 which produced what
> I considered to be horrible TV out signal (though the capture seemed to
> be ok, and many people use the PVR350 with no complaints). I then upped
> to an nVidia with TV-OUT, and now my picture is... better. Much better.
> But still not anywhere near where I want it to be.
>
> I have a TiVo, and currently I'm simply not willing to give it up for
> myth-- for the sole reason that TiVo's image quality is better.
>
> All this deserves two notes:
>
> 1) I'm more picky that most people about image quality-- eg, I won't get
> pay-per-view because I'd rather watch on DVD, etc (and it doesn't stop
> there....)
>
> 2) I'm pretty convinced that there must be something I can do to get the
> image quality better. TiVo doesn't use any special hardware/software
> that should make its image quality any better... so perhaps I need to
> learn, tweak, and learn some more.
>
> Just my 2c...
>
> - Mark
>
> John Kondis wrote:
> >I can't post a sample but what I can tell you is the
> >basic encoder/decoder combination is fantastic at the
> >default 4500kb/s, max 6000kb/s (around 2.1G/hr).  On
> >mine, though, the TV tuner had noticeable echoes, and
> >the s-video to composite adapter that came with it was
> >a POS.  So I replaced it with a $22 Radio Shack
> >adapter for s-video and sent s-video to my TV and now
> >it's very, very good.
> >
> >--- Alex Cruz <alex at wislug.net> wrote:
> >>Can somebody post somewhere (or point me to) an
> >>example TV recording using the
> >>PVR-350 and MythTV? Before I spend the $$ on one of
> >>these, I'd like to see
> >>what the combo is truly capable of. Thanks.
> >>
> >>-alex
> >>
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