Dell Dimension XPS Gen4/MCE 2005 setup questions for best PQ?

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From: CaveCanem (CaveCanem_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/15/04 

Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 22:29:01 -0800

Option 1: The easiest way is, of course:
S-video and RCA-to-mini-jack cables from Comcast/Motorola DCT2000 STBs to
Emuzed Angel Dual HQ Tuner Card
S-video and SPDIF from GeForce 6800/Audigy 2 ZS to A/V Receiver to TV
DVI-D from GeForce 6800 to UltraSharp LCD monitor

Option 2: Not even sure this can be done, but if not, why not?
This would bypass Dual Tuner altogether keeping DTV signal pure.

Mitsubishi TVs have Firewire connections:
(
http://www.mitsubishitv.com/common/getfile.asp?uuid={7C408228-DCDE-438D-AC7E-A084F2C0401F} )
Motorola DCT6200 has Dual 1394 (Firewire) DTV
outputs(http://broadband.motorola.com/consumers/products/dct6200/default.asp)

Firewire from Comcast/Motorola DCT6200 STBs to PC's Firewire card
PC's Firewire to Mitsubishi TV w/CableCard for signal decoding.
(Better yet, 2 Bi-Directional Firewires (one for each tuner) between
Dual-Tuner, CableCard TV, and MCE PC)

Option 3: Should improve DVD quality, but not sure about Live TV quality.
S-video and RCA-to-mini-jack cables from STBs to Emuzed Angel Dual HQ Tuner
Card
DVI-D-to-Component adapter, and SPDIF from GeForce 6800/Audigy 2 ZS to TV
and A/V Receiver
VGA from GeForce 6800 to UltraSharp LCD monitor

If there are any other possibilities let me know.

Thanks,

J.T.

Components:
Comcast/Motorola DCT2000 set-top-boxes (RF, S-video, Composite, RCA audio
outputs, but could swap for better boxes)

Emuzed Angel Dual HQ TV Tuner (2 S-video, 2 Composite, 2 stereo mini-jack
audio inputs, 1 RF input for Dual use, possibly 1 RF FM input)

nVidia GeForce 6800 (256mb, DVI-D, VGA, S-video)
Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS

Dell UltraSharp 17" LCD monitor (Digital/Analog inputs)
Kenwood HTIB A/V receiver with S-video out
JVC 32" Direct-View CRT Regular TV with Component Inputs

Dell Dimension XPS Gen4
MCE 2005
Intel Pentium 4 560HT 3.6ghz
2gb RAM
250gb HDD SATA
16x DVD-ROM
16x DVD+/-R/W

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