Tips for improving picture quality on HDTVs?

peti9 · Posted: 03 Dec 2011, 16:01

So all Pioneer DVR-5xx-Hx and DVR-6xx-Hx seems to have these settings. And the top of the line LX series too.

naiaru · Posted: 03 Dec 2011, 23:53

johan1840 wrote:

naiaru wrote:

johan184 wrote:

I am a total noob when it comes to VP's, scalers and stuff like that. And it seems that the stuff that ectually improve the picture cost a good penny or two.

Does anyone have any good experience with using a computer to do the work instead ?

You'd need
-a TV tuner card without hardware encoding (which would cause lag)
-a video card with either DVI or HDMI output(s)
-a CPU of over 1Ghz
-Dscaler

A decent system would probably cost you $100-$200 (unless you wanted to add YCbCr, HDMI, VGA, etc. inputs, in which case it'd probably be more $300+)

does anyone know a videocard without hardware encoding ? havent been able to find any at all yet.... ?

Check this thread on AVS

vinylcollector · Posted: 04 Dec 2011, 07:09

elahrairrah wrote:

So now I'm thinking of getting a DVD recorder of my own for LD connectivity purposes as well as for recording TV programs, since S-VHS tapes are getting harder to come (and pricey) by while DVD-R/+R/DL discs are easier to come by (and cheaper!)

Only thing is, these units are even becoming harder to find! I have a Best Buy gift card that I'd like to utilize, but their pickings are only Magnavox, Toshiba and Panasonic (with the Panny being the priciest.) I don't really care about their innards (tuners, inputs, etc.) other than the comb filter. Don't suppose anyone might have any idea of how good the filters are in these recorders? I'm hesitant to go with the Toshiba because of the test I did with my parents' Toshiba DVD Recorder, but no not much about the Magnavox or the Panasonic

Here are the models:

Magnavox DVD Recorder

Toshiba DVD Recorder

Toshiba DVD Recorder/VCR Combo 1

Toshiba DVD Recorder/VCR Combo 2

Panasonic DVD Recorder/VCR Combo

I've had the Magnavox stand alone DVD recorder. Pretty close to that picture, only our Canadian model was silver coloured. Worked pretty good for the price.

Then I tried a Toshiba thinking I might get something better, only it had less record times then the Magnavox. The Magnavox had a 2.5 hr which the Toshiba didn't have, and you couldn't add thumbnail pics with the Toshiba. (they removed that feature on the newer models) So I took it back.

Now I have a Magnavox DVD recorder/VCR recorder combo I got from XS Cargo. (79.00 plus tax) For the price I paid for it, from LD to the DVD to the LCD tv it's not too bad a picture. Through the DVD has a slight digitized/pixel look to it but perfect still picture , but you can switch back to VCR mode if not needed. More clear picture, but more jitter on still picture.

I haven't tried the Magnavox up-converting DVD/VCR combo yet.

rbf18270 · Posted: 23 Mar 2012, 17:12

I have a pioneer cld-59 Elite that is hooked into my Toshiba DVR with upconvert HDMI and the picture looks great
It goes to my Samsung LCD which for a while looked crappy until I routed it this way

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