Mailing List Archive: tvout quality

tvout quality

May 4, 2003, 8:12 PM

Post #1 of 7 (2403 views)

I'm using a FX 5200 TVOUT currently, but the quality is terrible, I'm
getting ghosting and simply poor quality.

The capture is excellent, using a PVR250, viewing the captured video on
pc's is excellent, lines around any motion, but there's no ghosting
whatsoever, everything is very clear, unlike the TV out quality.

The picture is also crunched on the left, but correct on the right, with
little-no tools for tweaking the newer nvidia cards.

I was thinking about an older geforce2 card better supported, or getting
a cheap matrox card.

I'm only using a TV on the system, current config is, Asus P2B-D dual
celron 400, 256mb ram, 80gb wd drive, with an FX5200 video card, and an
old diamond sound card. It does near 100 % on one proc, very low on the
other (like 5 % with top running) when playing livetv, opening up the
program guide takes a few sec, I'm going to try some 600mhz p2 chips so
I can deinterlace & it should speed up the menu's.

Currently using nvidia binary drivers, 24bit, 800x600, horizsync 30-50,
vertrefresh 60

any card sugestions would be welcome!

Re: tvout quality [ In reply to ]

edward.wildgoose at frmhedge

May 5, 2003, 2:12 AM

Post #2 of 7 (2393 views)

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> I'm using a FX 5200 TVOUT currently, but the quality is terrible, I'm
> getting ghosting and simply poor quality.

Can you let me know the make and model of your card - so that I don't get
one...! I was thinking about an FX5200, but perhaps other models have
better tv out...?

Re: tvout quality [ In reply to ]

josephc at etards

May 5, 2003, 6:57 AM

Post #3 of 7 (2358 views)

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I'm also using a GeForce FX 5200 but my TV-out is nothing short of
spectacular. I have some black borders when watching live TV and
recordings, but movies are sharp and fullscreen.

On Sun, 4 May 2003, MegaDeTH wrote:

> I'm using a FX 5200 TVOUT currently, but the quality is terrible, I'm
> getting ghosting and simply poor quality.
>
> The capture is excellent, using a PVR250, viewing the captured video on
> pc's is excellent, lines around any motion, but there's no ghosting
> whatsoever, everything is very clear, unlike the TV out quality.
>
> The picture is also crunched on the left, but correct on the right, with
> little-no tools for tweaking the newer nvidia cards.
>
> I was thinking about an older geforce2 card better supported, or getting
> a cheap matrox card.
>
> I'm only using a TV on the system, current config is, Asus P2B-D dual
> celron 400, 256mb ram, 80gb wd drive, with an FX5200 video card, and an
> old diamond sound card. It does near 100 % on one proc, very low on the
> other (like 5 % with top running) when playing livetv, opening up the
> program guide takes a few sec, I'm going to try some 600mhz p2 chips so
> I can deinterlace & it should speed up the menu's.
>
> Currently using nvidia binary drivers, 24bit, 800x600, horizsync 30-50,
> vertrefresh 60
>
> any card sugestions would be welcome!
>
>
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Re: tvout quality [ In reply to ]

poptix at techmonkeys

May 5, 2003, 10:48 AM

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On Sun, May 04, 2003 at 11:12:30PM -0400, MegaDeTH wrote:
> I'm using a FX 5200 TVOUT currently, but the quality is terrible, I'm
> getting ghosting and simply poor quality.
>
> The capture is excellent, using a PVR250, viewing the captured video on
> pc's is excellent, lines around any motion, but there's no ghosting
> whatsoever, everything is very clear, unlike the TV out quality.
>
> The picture is also crunched on the left, but correct on the right, with
> little-no tools for tweaking the newer nvidia cards.
>

install nvtv, the crunching on the left is most likely the cause for the
ghosting.

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Re: tvout quality [ In reply to ]

edward.wildgoose at frmhedge

May 5, 2003, 2:22 PM

Post #5 of 7 (2387 views)

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Make and model?

----- Original Message -----
From: "josephc" <josephc@etards.net>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users@snowman.net>
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 2:57 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] tvout quality

> I'm also using a GeForce FX 5200 but my TV-out is nothing short of
> spectacular. I have some black borders when watching live TV and
> recordings, but movies are sharp and fullscreen.
>
>

Re:tvout quality [ In reply to ]

megadeth at reefs

May 5, 2003, 3:07 PM

Post #6 of 7 (2386 views)

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Josephc, would you mind posting your xf86config settings?

>install nvtv, the crunching on the left is most likely the cause for the
>ghosting.

Poptix, have you tried NVTV with an FX5200? It says card not supported
when I try to run it.

I'm open for sugestions, but it's not looking very good for this card, I
can't deal with the output quality, it's very frustrating as it's
encoding is very high quality.

L8r mega

Re: tvout quality [ In reply to ]

spin at avalon

May 6, 2003, 12:52 PM

Post #7 of 7 (2383 views)

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As has been mentioned on this list before, cabling issues can often make
a huge difference in image quality. Try moving your tv-out cable around
or try swapping it. You might also try using a different input on the
TV (if it has more than one) or trying another TV.

On Sun, 2003-05-04 at 22:12, MegaDeTH wrote:
> I'm using a FX 5200 TVOUT currently, but the quality is terrible, I'm
> getting ghosting and simply poor quality.
>
> The capture is excellent, using a PVR250, viewing the captured video on
> pc's is excellent, lines around any motion, but there's no ghosting
> whatsoever, everything is very clear, unlike the TV out quality.
>
> The picture is also crunched on the left, but correct on the right, with
> little-no tools for tweaking the newer nvidia cards.
>
> I was thinking about an older geforce2 card better supported, or getting
> a cheap matrox card.
>
> I'm only using a TV on the system, current config is, Asus P2B-D dual
> celron 400, 256mb ram, 80gb wd drive, with an FX5200 video card, and an
> old diamond sound card. It does near 100 % on one proc, very low on the
> other (like 5 % with top running) when playing livetv, opening up the
> program guide takes a few sec, I'm going to try some 600mhz p2 chips so
> I can deinterlace & it should speed up the menu's.
>
> Currently using nvidia binary drivers, 24bit, 800x600, horizsync 30-50,
> vertrefresh 60
>
> any card sugestions would be welcome!
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> mythtv-users mailing list
> mythtv-users@snowman.net
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