Re: MCE 2005 - poor picture quality in Live TV

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Hi All,

See the "TV Guide bar @ bottom of screen" post for a solution to this problem.

"Dana Cline - MVP" wrote:

> Thanks for the kudos, although you got one point wrong...I'm not a she <g>.
>
> Photo on my web site at www.logicsmith.com...
>
> Dana Cline - MVP
>
> "Liz-In-USA" <LizInUSA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1AD236B8-00F0-4F09-8F0E-DE703A312826@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > I, too, am having this exact same problem! I am SOOO glad that I found
> this
> > group; it gives me hope that one day all will be well. I've been
> > communicating with Dana, and she has not only saved my sanity, but my
> > financial well-being also as I was practically ready to pitch my barely
> > one-year-old m370n out the nearest window!!! The last thing I did was
> > recover to a point 2 days before the upgrade because I had upgraded
> drivers
> > from ATI.com, hp.com, microsoft.com...I think I even did a nvidea.com
> > upgrade! Something gave me an error that the tuner was not installed, not
> > working properly, or something to that effect...it was at that point where
> I
> > could not even get Live TV...so I rolled back the driver. Lo & behold,
> I've
> > still got the shaky screen with the other channel at the bottom of the
> screen
> > in Live TV mode (doesn't have it when I play DVDs or when using the
> Guide).
> >
> > I've been trying just about everything, still have some other steps to
> try,
> > based on what I've been reading here & my latest msg from Dana. I'm off
> from
> > work the next 3 days...hmmm, wonder how I'll spend them!!? Wish me luck
> > y'all!
> >
> > Liz
> >
> > "wheels" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > After battling my machine for 6 hours, all is well. On one of these
> > > threads, someone suggested downloading a patch from the HP web site
> before
> > > installing SP2. Rather than uninstalling and re-installing SP2, I
> > > downloaded the patch although I already have SP2 installed. I also
> reloaded
> > > the latest drivers for everything I could find. After fiddling for the
> afore
> > > mentioned 6 hours, everything is great. I wish I could be more specific
> > > about what cured my ails, but it was just trial and error with some
> > > progression with each new iteration. My suggestion is to read the
> threads
> > > here and try everything. :(
> > >
> > > "FM" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Ant wrote:
> > > > > I just upgraded to 2005 with a disc from HP. Everything seems OK,
> but Live
> > > > > TV has occassional static lines at the top, and snipets from several
> other
> > > > > channel scrolling through the bottom 1/4 of what should be the TV
> signal.
> > > > > Interestingly, the program displayed is completely visible, even
> though the
> > > > > bottom 1/4 of the screen is "garbled". The info banner also shows
> up in the
> > > > > bottom 1/4, but it's pristine. Please help.
> > > >
> > > > Ant,
> > > > I have an HP M370n with the Conexant 23880 card and after upgrading
> from
> > > > MCE 2004 to MCE 2005 I'm experiencing the same problem. Have you
> found
> > > > an answer to this problem? I was considering re-installing XP from
> > > > original disks and perform the upgrade to MCE 2005 again.
> > > >
> > > > It will be hard to convince my wife to get a Media Extender with this
> > > > poor TV quality.
> > > >
> > > > TIA
> > > >
>
>
>
.



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