(2015-03-10, 17:12)johne Wrote: I've had a pi1 rev b 512ram model for a while using it on xbmc/kodi using raspbmc
thinking of getting a pi2
my question is would i see a noticable difference in picture quality while streaming live tv as on a 46" tv it's not the best quality
We'd need more specifics about "not the best quality". It sounds like you are watching Live TV, but does that mean you are watching over the air, via your PI (from some backend) or you are using some addon that is getting feeds from online sources from somewhere?
Also, what region are you in, as broadcasts are different in parts of the world.
If its just OTA broadcasts (and you have some tuner of some sort somewhere) then its probably mpeg2 video, which you needed to buy a codec from the PI foundation for decoding that. Its also 50hz/60hz in europe/america/etc.
I have a feeling you are using some sort of kodi addon here, and that its "slow" and that you are getting poor quality SD streams from "questionable" sites.
Again, we need specifics on the type of video you are watching. The Pi is VERY good at 720/1080p x264 videos at 23.975 (or whatever that rate is) and looks great. A pi2 or chromebox is mostly goign to be faster, but sometimes that "faster" means better deinterlacing of lower quality video/etc as well, as others have already mentioned.