[mythtv-users] "Fuzzy" digital TV

[Shanon Mulley]

Thanks - I'll give that a go on the weekend.

Mine would be PAL (Australia).

On 6/9/06, Rob Baumstark <rbaumstark at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm experiencing some weird problems with my DVB-T tuners (two of
> > them) since moving recently.
> >
> > The problem, I think, is with reception. A quick rundown:
> > 1) Analog is perfect (This being my TV's tuner). I have never had TV
> > this clear in my previous 2 places.
> > 2) Digital (through mythtv) is perfect while there is low to mid-level
> > action on the screen.
> > 3) Digital, at high action (such as panning across a soccer field)
> > goes all fuzzy. Its hard to describe, but its as if every second line
> > is out of sync with the next, so instead of nice crisp lines in the
> > image, I get an image that looks "fuzzy". As soon as the action stops,
> > the lines go crisp (perfect) again.
> >
> > Like I said, I suspect it is reception related, although I'm not sure.
> > In my previous places, the analog has been less then perfect. Digital
> > was also less then perfect in my previous places (In cloudy weather it
> > would be useless), but I never had this problem - It either worked
> > perfect or not at all. None of this fuzzyness.
> >
> > I'm living in a flat, using the arial plug in the wall (implying it is
> > connected to a communal arial on the roof of the apartment block).
> >
> > Any clues as to what could be causing this would be appreciated.
>
> Thats interlacing.  There is an option somewhere in the mythfrontend
> setup screens to enable deinterlacing, and the method of
> deinterlacing.  I'm not sure which method is best, I haven't played
> with it much yet.
>
> What would be really nice is an option to do proper 3:2 pulldown.
> Though I'm not sure it would apply to your video - depends if its PAL
> or NTSC.
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