Re: Picture quality

Other quality factors.
The quality of the hardware acceleration provided to your DVD Decoder by
your graphics card is also important since if the quality of the decoding
and conversion from 480i to 480p is poor so will be any output.
The current generation of video cards also have poor video quality when
using the S-Video connection instead of VGA, component, or DVI. (This is
demonstrated by the MCE Extenders which decode and create S-Video or
component 480i video having much better PQ than MCE using the same encoded
program from the tuner card.
The quality of the Video card is also important if you are upscaling the
480P output from the decoder to a higher resolution since the better codes
do a better job of inventing the additional pixels in the higher resolution.
If you to the NVIDIA Website you can read about their "PureVideo technology"
which requires a 6600 card the 71.84 drivers or later and the 1.0.67
Decoder. This description discuses the various techniques for improving PC
Video output.

"Scott Micale" <hrm_admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:e092kvzdFHA.1136@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Peter,
> I just bought this card and everyone said get the Hauppauge. Now you are
> saying the ATI is better. I really don't want to have to switch cards.
> You mentioned there might be an upgrade to MCE coming out. How soon may
> that happen? Would it fix any of these problems I am having?
>
>
> "Peter Near [MCE MVP]" <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:eYbSRczdFHA.1036@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Scott:
>>
>> This came up on another thread as well recently. Unfortunately, your
>> DirecTivo has somewhat of an unfair advantage over MCE. It gets the
>> digital signal from the satellite and records it straight to disk.
>> Directv will not allow the digital signal to leave their box, so the only
>> option for MCE is to take an analog feed.
>>
>> MCE takes an analog feed off of SVideo from the Directv box. It then
>> encodes it to digital in order to write it to the hard drive. Then is
>> decodes it to analog again to to allow it to be displayed on your TV.
>> This accounts for the quality difference between the two.
>>
>> Primarily responsible for the quality in your setup is the Hauppauge
>> PVR-500, which is a decent card. I've noticed some blocky issues when
>> playing back Hauppauge video over the XBox. In my tests, the ATI TV
>> Wonder Elite performed somewhat better using the XBox extender.
>> http://www.thenears.com/?p=98
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Pete
>>
>> Scott Micale wrote:
>>> I just finished setting up my MCE and am wondering about my picture
>>> quality versus my DirecTV Tivo box. I have a Hughes GAEB0A receiver
>>> hooked to my MCE with a Gateway 15" LCD attached to it. The picture
>>> quality is ok, but not really clear like my Tivo box that is connected
>>> to my 57" Toshiba Widescreen Projection TV. On my TV I have my XBox
>>> connected to hit using the XBox Extender. The picture there using the
>>> xbox extender is not clear either, like when I switch inputs to my Tivo
>>> box. What would cause this and is there anyway to clear it up? On My
>>> MCE I am connected to the Hughes receiver via the S-Video port and have
>>> my coax coming into the receiver from the dish. I have a AIW 8500DV
>>> graphic card (Which I know is not on the MCE compatibility list) and a
>>> Hauppauge Win-TV PVR 500MCE Tuner. I was thinking about bringing my
>>> Tivo box up and hooking it to my MCE and see if that makes a difference.
>>> I am not sure it will. Any help or ideas on this would be great.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>
>


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