Re: Set top boxes

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The audio should be going to your Tuner card just like the S-Video not to
your sound card.

"Aggie" <Aggie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I'd refer you to a recent posting that I made regarding the same. In
> short,
> the STBx sVideo output is preferred to coax, but the conversion from an
> analog signal to the digital signal in Media Center '05 for recording and
> back out (in my case Digital Video) experiences substantial picture
> quality
> degradation. Additionally, since the STBx in my case has RCA output for
> sound
> if I use sVideo, I have the RCA->PC Audio converter that also
> substantially
> degrades the sound to get it to my PC sound card.
>
> Subject: XP Media Center 2005 - TV Sound & Quality Issues (or click / copy
> below)
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroups/reader.mspx?query=aggie&dg=microsoft.public.windows.mediacenter&cat=en-us-ms-winxp&lang=en&cr=US&pt=&catlist=B0DE109D-10E1-4C3C-BCC9-8EB7A22FC6A0&dglist=&ptlist=&exp=&sloc=en-us
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Aggie
>
> "Dantheman" wrote:
>
>> 1. I have an HP Media Center and I am going to buy a digital cable set
>> top
>> box b/c the quality of the TV looks bad and I am wondering if I hook up
>> my
>> normal cable line to this box and then hook it up to my computer will I
>> see
>> digital cable quality or will there be a minimal change? Like, if I buy a
>> digital cable box and hook it up to my TV tuner card will there be a much
>> better signal quality??
>>
>> 2. Also, if get this set top box and hook it up, would I get a better
>> picture quality if I hook it up to my TV tuner card through s-video or
>> through a regular cable line?


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