[mythtvnz] Slightly OT - DVD watching

[Brett]

What is the display & what video card ?

IMO the latest LCDs have a fake plastic/cartoon look to all material.
 
Do you prefer the Myth playback ?
Does the BD player (presume upscaling) look too good ?
 
I find Myth playback with vdpau feature set C to be very very good,
better than my DVD player & TV-doubler/scaler but the TV is CRT & the
player is not upscaling.

IMO That plastic look of the adverts for "Survivors/CSI NYC/Miami Vice"
look so fake esp. on new LCDs.


> > Can you clarify "DVDs that look absolutely fine (and movie-like) when
> > played with MythTV look like live tv shows (or actual theatre) when
> > played using the standalone player" some more please?
> 
> Hmm, that's a little difficult to explain :-). When I watch a movie on
> a stand-alone player the characters, background, light all look as if
> I was watching a news item on tv, not a movie. The elements are so
> 'life-like' that they look fake to my eye, almost too realistic (which
> I do admit I don't expect). The difference is like between watching a
> tropical beach in 'survivors' and in 'james bond movie'.  Perhaps I'm
> just too old for this brand new technology ? ;-)
> 
> I wonder if this has anything to do with the frame rate, mythv reports
> 25fps when playing the dvd and the player believes it's 60fps.
> 
> kind regards
> Pshem
> 
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