rhinoman
Prominent Member
Now I am finally happy with my dvd playback using my Celeron 1.2 ATI Sapphire 9000 based HTPC I though that it is time to begin experimenting with dscaler using a Pinnacle Rave as the input card.
This is only really for Satellite TV from my Sky+. Untill now I've been using a proV and am relatively happy with the results and certainly its ease of use but as my DVD picture has gradually improved the Sky has begun to get left behind. My initial trials with dscaler were awful but a clean install later and the noise from the picture has largely disappeared but the overall image definatly lags the proV.
I am using either bob or weave de-interlacing with sharpness and gradual noise filters. If I use the auto find de-interlacing it generally picks 2:2 flip on odd. While this produces a piucture free from scaling artifacts, there is a softness to the picture, when I go back to the proV the sharpness and closeup detail are improved at the expense of fast motion scaling.
Are my setting typical, do I need more processing power to run different algorithms, is my capture card the reason for the overall softness (it defiantly produces a noisier picture)?? Your veiws would be appreciated.
Thanks
This is only really for Satellite TV from my Sky+. Untill now I've been using a proV and am relatively happy with the results and certainly its ease of use but as my DVD picture has gradually improved the Sky has begun to get left behind. My initial trials with dscaler were awful but a clean install later and the noise from the picture has largely disappeared but the overall image definatly lags the proV.
I am using either bob or weave de-interlacing with sharpness and gradual noise filters. If I use the auto find de-interlacing it generally picks 2:2 flip on odd. While this produces a piucture free from scaling artifacts, there is a softness to the picture, when I go back to the proV the sharpness and closeup detail are improved at the expense of fast motion scaling.
Are my setting typical, do I need more processing power to run different algorithms, is my capture card the reason for the overall softness (it defiantly produces a noisier picture)?? Your veiws would be appreciated.
Thanks