2008-09-19, 05:13 PM
I won a LG 42" LCD Wide Screen in an internal company contest. Yahoo...
(Although I now know I wish it was a plasma!!!! But beggars can't be choosers )
Anyway, I am still only using Analog capture cards (PVR150) to record TV, and I also watch the occasional Torrent. The New TV displays so much more detail, I had no idea that my video signal sucked royally...
I'll be playing with Digital and HD whenever I get around to updating my recording server (gonna use for playback too) but for now I wanted to give some hope to any of you still using Analog and not really happy with the picture...
GET A VIDEO AMP !!! OMG it's night and day !!! Sure the Picture isn't HD, but the picture is so much clearer. The colour richer. And one thing I love, is watching a show broadcast in SD but with letterbox, and then using the 'Remove Letterbox' F7 Aspect Ratio choice, to fill my screen... It really looks not too bad. It will almost let me wait even longer before I go to HD...
I install HD for the local company daily, and I'm disgusted with the amount of compression that both the local land based providers use on their HD signals. (I also have to bite my tongue daily). Yes it's better than my SD, but not by much... It looks like an over-compressed HD ripped Torrent. So I will probably go Satellite when I'm ready.
One other thing I'm so bloody impressed with is: ZProcess works really, really well !!! (Sorry for tooting my own horn - but I've only really tested wide screen aspect ratios on a 9" Portable DVD screen :p )
It's really not that bad with the MVP. Coupled with the Video Amp, and better recorded programs, the MVP works well for me. I'll probably only go Popcorn Hour when the guys get comskip going, and I have HD sources...
And that's my water cooler talk...
(Although I now know I wish it was a plasma!!!! But beggars can't be choosers )
Anyway, I am still only using Analog capture cards (PVR150) to record TV, and I also watch the occasional Torrent. The New TV displays so much more detail, I had no idea that my video signal sucked royally...
I'll be playing with Digital and HD whenever I get around to updating my recording server (gonna use for playback too) but for now I wanted to give some hope to any of you still using Analog and not really happy with the picture...
GET A VIDEO AMP !!! OMG it's night and day !!! Sure the Picture isn't HD, but the picture is so much clearer. The colour richer. And one thing I love, is watching a show broadcast in SD but with letterbox, and then using the 'Remove Letterbox' F7 Aspect Ratio choice, to fill my screen... It really looks not too bad. It will almost let me wait even longer before I go to HD...
I install HD for the local company daily, and I'm disgusted with the amount of compression that both the local land based providers use on their HD signals. (I also have to bite my tongue daily). Yes it's better than my SD, but not by much... It looks like an over-compressed HD ripped Torrent. So I will probably go Satellite when I'm ready.
One other thing I'm so bloody impressed with is: ZProcess works really, really well !!! (Sorry for tooting my own horn - but I've only really tested wide screen aspect ratios on a 9" Portable DVD screen :p )
It's really not that bad with the MVP. Coupled with the Video Amp, and better recorded programs, the MVP works well for me. I'll probably only go Popcorn Hour when the guys get comskip going, and I have HD sources...
And that's my water cooler talk...
Frank Z
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I used to ask 'why?' Now I just reinstall...
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I used to ask 'why?' Now I just reinstall...
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Author: ZTools: ZProcess, MVPServerChecker; UltraXMLTV Enhancer, Renamer, Manager; [/SIZE]
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