[mythtv-users] Upscaling SD content on an HDTV set

David Brodbeck gull at gull.us
Fri Nov 2 23:23:29 UTC 2007


On Nov 2, 2007, at 4:15 PM, David Fishburn wrote:

> On 11/1/07, Richard Woelk wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
>>     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.
>
> Boy, never thought of that before.  Are you saying it is more CPU
> intensive to create an interlace signal that an full 1080p signal?

Not really, but a lot of video drivers don't support interlaced video  
well.  So it can be hard to configure.





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