What effects MVP picture quality?

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LCD and plasma screens are a lot less forgiving than good old fashioned CRT TVs. A lot of analog signals look crap on them. A lot of it comes down to the quality of the TV's on board analog to digital conversion circuitry - ie, some of them turn blocks of similar colors into one color. The quality of the scaling that takes place at the same time also plays a big part.

How did the same MVP look on your old TV?

I know this doesnt really help, but just so you know - on my fujitsu plasma, the DVI picture from my PC looks worlds better than composite/svideo from the same machine.

[DeepBlueC]

I have a Panasonic 42 in HDTV.

The picture quality on my old set (A 35 in Sony CRT) with the same MVP is fantasic. I would say as good as or better than the built in tuner.

Don't get me wrong the picture is not unwatchable just noticably worse than my old set.

I am thinking about building a designated HTPC in the near future. When I do I plan on getting a graphics card with an HDMI jack.

Thanks,

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The picture quality on my old set (A 35 in Sony CRT) with the same MVP is fantasic. I would say as good as or better than the built in tuner.

Exactly my point above. Nothing wrong with the picture produced by the MVP, as evidenced by the decent picture on a regular CRT TV with the exact same MVP setup - the plasma and LCD TVs just dont tend to do as good a job with regular old analog content.

[760-Deth]

I don't agree. If a DVD at 8000kpbs can be crisp sharp, a recording made on a PC with Hauppauge drivers should be crisp sharp too, not blocky. S-video has nothing to do with the result, it only defines how the image is sent from the MVP to your TV, nothing more.

The problem is the source is blocky to begin with, at least in the case of Directv. Now, if you did a capture of a real DVD, and the MVP looked a lot worse, you would be correct.