Re: Picture quality through my TV Tuner

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Hello All,

I have wired the TSB through a normal TV and it is fine. A friend of mine
has lent me a Hauppauge 1300 to try, so I will let you know how I get on.

Cheers
--
Matt


"JW" wrote:

> The response time of your display is fine since it is faster than the
> refresh rate of the video you are sending to it.
> The quality problem with your display is probably due first to the quality
> of the encoding of the signal coming from your STB to your MCE system and
> second to the quality of the upscaling of the TV resolution to the native
> resolution of your LCD display being done by your graphics card of by your
> moitor depending on which you have doing the upscaling,
> By going direct from your STB to your Monitor you will be able to determine
> what part of your quality degradation are due to the MCE system and what
> part is due to your monitor.
> It will be interesting to hear your results.
> "Matt Hennessy" <MattHennessy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:32EB0A39-D712-4401-8AD7-4A90D9E7B8AB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Hi Guys,
> >
> > Thanks for all the replies.
> >
> > GeeFunk, the system is an HP M7821 Media centre, and I am using a HP f2105
> > 21-inch Wide flat-panel monitor with an 8 ms response rate. I think the TV
> > Tuner card is a Asustech Hybrid.
> > Is an 8ms response rate too slow to cope then? The monitor is supposed to
> > be
> > HD ready so must have been designed to work with TV tuners in mind.
> > I will stick my SKY set top box through a normal TV tonight to see if
> > there
> > is a difference. If the picture is fine, I guess it will be down to my
> > monitor or TV tuner card then??
> >
> > Anyway, any more help would be great.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> >
> > --
> > Matt
> >
> >
> > "GeekFunk" wrote:
> >
> >> Matt
> >>
> >> What is a "MCE server"?
> >>
> >> Which manufacturer? HP?
> >>
> >> It may very well be your TV tuner which is causing the problem.
> >>
> >> You need to give us more info about the specs for your system.
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
.

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