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

[Eric Sharkey]

On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 3:08 PM, Jeff Siddall <news at siddall.name> wrote:
> I dunno.  A broadcast HD channel here last year went from 1080i60 to 720p30
> without me realizing the change was coming.  The very next hockey game I
> watched I immediately noticed the picture looked crappy.  I assumed somehow
> the game had inadvertently been transcoded by myth, but no, I discovered the
> channel had changed format.
>
> 1080 has 2.25 times the resolution of 720 and it really makes a big
> difference.  Count me as one who would prefer a well-deinterlaced 1080i game
> to a 720p one.

That's the wrong comparison to make.  Compare 1080i60 with 1080p60,
with the 1080p signal compressed to use the same bandwidth as the
1080i signal.

Eric