[mythtv-users] High end, state of the art Myth Frontend

[Andre Newman]

On 18 Sep 2013, at 17:16, Joseph Fry <joe at thefrys.com> wrote:

>>> What is the current best de-interlacer for high motion (sports)
>> 
>> I'd have to say it's picking up a $5 wrench and repeatedly hitting
>> whoever it was decided it should be interlaced in the first place.
> 
> Agreed!  They should have done away with interlaced with all HD
> formats, there was no technical reason to keep it.

Only really worked with CRTs and there were only ever a handful of HD CRTs, long gone by the time anyone much had adopted HD. I guess it's down to how long it took HD to establish, back in '88 when I was shown around the Eureka HD truck, interlacing was reasonable, 40' colour HDTV LCDs were science fiction, although so was transmitting HDTV before mpeg.


>  Served it's
> purpose in the early days of analog television, but was moot with the
> invention of better phosphors
> 
>> I generally settle for less than best.
> 
> Best is subjective anyway.  I have a hard time deciding if I like
> feeding my TV a 1080p deinterlaced signal, or a a native 1080i signal
> and letting the TV handle it.. the results are almost identical.

There are ways to measure and after seeing a few broadcast monitors it's quick and easy to see the problems, that said people's vision varies greatly so perception of the problems is varied.

> 
>> When picking out hardware for a mythfrontend, the main question is
>> whether or not it will be exclusively a mythfrontend or will need to
>> serve other purposes as well.  If not, there's not much benefit to
>> buying more power than you need.
> 
> Indeed... though having a little 'extra' can save you down the road.
> For example, lets say that a new compression standard comes along that
> your GPU can't decode... $50 more CPU might save you from replacing a
> $100 GPU.  But then I always make my purchases with upgrades in mind.
> Like my Ivy Bridge Mobo, that I am running a Sandy G540 Celeron on...
> I paid $100 for the combo if that.  I could have spent $300 on an i7
> for that mobo, but I figured I'll pick one up used for $50 down the
> road.  I take the $150 I save doing it this way and get a better case,
> power supply, and cooling... the stuff that will likely survive
> through several builds.
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