Re: [Mjpeg-users] y4mscaler: Upsampling to widescreen

[Michael H. <ha...@na...>]

Am Dienstag 06 Dezember 2005 04.34 schrieb Steven M. Schultz:
> 
> On Mon, 5 Dec 2005, Michael Hanke wrote:
> 
> > I have some material which is widescreen in letter box format. Since the 
> > quality is rather high (Digital Satellite --> SVHS-cable --> (re)digitize) 
I 
> > am thinking of transforming the picture to DVD_WIDE (720x576 and 16:9). My 
> > question: is this a good idea or should I rely on the TV-set to do a 
better 
> 
> 	I do NOT think it's a good idea.  Upscaling ~20-30% (depending if you're
> 	in a NTSC or PAL area) degrades the quality so much I couldn't watch 
> 	it (yes - I've done it and didn't like the results ;)).
Thank you for your hint. It was just an idea...

Michael