[mythtv-users] Recommendations for HD capture

Brad DerManouelian myth at dermanouelian.com
Tue Feb 19 22:50:56 UTC 2008


On Feb 19, 2008, at 2:15 PM, David Brodbeck wrote:

>
> On Feb 19, 2008, at 8:52 AM, Yeechang Lee wrote:
>
>> Cory Papenfuss <papenfuss at juneau.me.vt.edu> says:
>>> 	... until they flip the bit that forces players/boxes to
>>> down-sample anything out the analog port to SD 480p.
>>
>> And upset everyone who has hooked up their cable boxes to HDTVs using
>> component output? Hardly.
>
> Most consumers wouldn't know the difference.  99% of the HDTVs I see
> are playing stretched analog content.  If people can't tell the
> difference between 16:9 and stretched-out 4:3, why would they notice
> the difference between 1080i and 480p?

Sports fans would complain if their quality suddenly went from 1080i  
to 480p. They can be a vocal bunch of people, too. :)



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