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Posted by erables40 on January 13, 2007, 10:26 pm
Please log in for more thread options Thanx Jaime that was a perfect answer. it doesn't look that bad it
looks like a vcr type image. But now that I know it is normal I will
just enjoy it. I wasn't expecting HD quality more like DVD quality.
Jaime wrote:
> The Hauppauge 150 is an SD card, so you aren't going to receive HD through
> it, you also can't get HD using an s-video connector, it also can only pass
> a normal 480 SDTV signal.
>
> That said, even under ideal conditions, recording from
> cable/sat/antenna/etc. on a PC isn't ever going to look like a DVD. The card
> encodes the signal to MPEG, it gets written to your drive, then the PC uses
> software to decode it when you view it. This is being done with a $70 tuner
> card in a few hundred dollar PC, which can't compete with the $$$$ in
> equipment used to produce a commercial DVD.
>
> If you recordings look really bad, you might check you signal; try removing
> any splitter etc. When I record off a good strong station, I think the
> recording look pretty darn close to original broadcast.
> --
> James
> Orlando (Goofy says "Hey!"), FL
>
> > Hi I just set up my first HTPC. Using media center.
> > Everything works, but I would like to know what kind of video quality
> > should i expect when recording?
> > The reason i ask is that even when i record HD channels like OASIS the
> > quality seems low.
> > If I play a dvd with the system the picture is very nice(DVD quality).
> > Should I expect at least dvd quality when recording, because right now
> > i am only getting quality like a regular analog channel.
> > I have set up MC in best quality. Just changed my s-video connector to
> > a super high quality silver wire+++.
> > My specs are
> > CPU = AMD athlon 2500+
> > Video card ATI 9600 connected to tv via VGA
> > 512m memory.
> > Like mentioned to view dvd the quality is real nice therefore should't
> > be a video card issue.
> > Also is there any way to stretch MC to take up my whole 50" tv screen,
> > I can't get passed 1" black border all around. The Satellite takes up
> > everything.
> > TIA
> >
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