On Thu, 8 Dec 2005 11:58 am, Mike Frisch wrote: > On 7-Dec-05, at 7:13 PM, Steve Hodge wrote: > > On 12/8/05, Steve Adeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> like a smoothing filter is being used. it looks just a tad softer > >> than the > >> source. I also notice that during scenes with movement it looks as > >> though the > >> frame rate was dropping by 5-10. > >> > >> so are there any "secret" settings I can look for or anything? > > > > A friend of mine had some success using the nvidia-settings sharpness > > adjustment. So if you've got a nVidia card that might be worth a try. > > What if I'm using an ATI card? :) > > I also mentioned the softness of the picture with the PVR-250. I > turned off the DNR which seems to have made a noticeable improvement > in picture quality but did nothing for the sharpness. There are some > MPEG-2 tuning parameters left but I am unsure what they do. > > Mike.
Have you tried increasing the bitrate? Go nuts and see if it makes a difference. I use 6400/8000 which is much better than the analog signal out of a digital satellite set top box. Use 720x576 and Stream Type: 'DVD-Special 2' in case you ever what to put it on a dvd. On every boot do a 'ivtvctl -c dnr_temporal=0' to turn off temporal filtering. One other thing I did was turn up the contrast and colour by 5%. While using Live TV on the PVR-x50, press 'g' for the recording controls. Paul -- _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
