Re: Can I use component in rather than VGA for MCE
- From: "RalfG" <itsnotme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:09:05 -0500
The maximum resolution specified for your TV @ 1366x766 is higher than the
1280 x 764 specified for the VGA input but that could possibly include the
standard TV overscan area (non viewable) for television signals. 1280 x 764
over VGA input could well reflect the native resolution of the TV display
panel. Media Center also has the ability to incorporate the TV overscan area
(at least in Tweak MCE) but you'd have to experiment with it to see if it is
worthwhile using.
32 bit colour is correct. If you chose 16bit you could end up seeing
distinct colour bands instead of subtle shading in large areas of similar
colour, like sky, clouds. If Olevia does not supply a computer driver for
the TV, you might try adding the sRGB color profile to the Color Management
section for the TV in the ATI Catalyst control center. You can also adjust
the colour output to the TV from the ATI card settings as well, leaving the
settings on the TV itself unaffected.
IINM, 480i(interlaced) is standard television resolution, ie 640x480
resolution, which is lower resolution than VGA. Your TV can do much better
than that when using a suitable video source, though your OTA TV signal
might only be standard. Standard VGA begins at 640x480p (progressive) and
resolution goes up from there (to 2048x1600 on your ATI card). Interlaced
scans every other line alternately, 240+240 to achieve 480 lines while
progressive scans every line sequentially. If your over the air TV signal is
standard resolution Media Center would have to interpolate the low
resolution TV recording up to 1280 x 764 resolution. It might not do that
as well as the TV's internal circuits do. The aspect ratio would be
different too. I know from experience that MC does a poor job of changing
the resolution when it displays my higher resolution photos on my 1280x1024
monitor.. other software does a much better job of it.
How does video played through Media Player or some other video source on the
computer besides Media Center look on the TV? Same as Media Center recorded
TV or better?
Did you configure Media Center to use the same resolution that your TV is
set to? This is apart from the resolution settings on the ATI card or TV.
Media Center has its own internal settings for display resolution and type
of connection (VGA, S-Video, Component etc.) being used. Eg. Media Center
looks fine on my regular TV but if I were to drag it over as is to my flat
panel monitor (res 1280x1024) Media Center will still display using the
default S-video resolution of 720x480, which looks awful on the monitor.
Media Center has to be reconfigured to display at the monitor's native
resolution and over the DVI connection before it will look clear and sharp.
Using your existing VGA connection I think your Media Center display
settings should be; Digital Flat Panel for display type, VGA for connector
type and 1280 x 764 for resolution.
"Betty" <Ireportspam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Jolt,
The Olevia manual claim the Y, Pb and Pr connection provide the best
quality of video signal
compared to AV composite and S-Video. I thought using component might be
my fix, but come
to think of it everything else in PC mode looks fine. Even MCE "how to set
up video"film . It's
just the recorded TV that's so out of whack.
In PC mode the colors are all washed out. No matter how much I play with
the ATI settings
the pictures is way too dark hardly any color or contrast. After reading
the manual, it appears that
you can make adjustments by mode. Hopefully, this wouldn't screw up the
other three modes,
which are just fine. One of these days... when I feel brave ...I may mess
with the settings.
The Olevia is HD ready not HD. If I can't get MCE to play nice with the
Olevia, maybe I could
use the Toshiba in the Living room. It isn't an LCD, but it is HD and has
a HDMI connection.
In the meantime, I'm going to download and try Replay TV for PC,s free
month and see if that
that works better on my sytem than MCE. We have had Replay's in this
house for close to 10 years. Hopefully their PC version is as good as
their DVR's.
Thank you very much for your help.
Betty
"jolt" <ergoacess@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Have you tried VGA at 1024 x 768 to see how that looks on your Olevia?
The doohinkey you have and a set of components cable are what you need
for component hookup to the set. Component and VGA should be similar in
appearance on your set as they are both analog hookups. Your set supports
480i or 480p input (720x480) it's an EDTV so there is no 720p or 1080i
support.
"Betty" <Ireportspam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I'm running a dual monitor setup. An LCD HP f10905 is my default. The
secondary which I want to use for MCE is an LCD Multi-Media Display
(LT23HVX).
I plan to buy a DVI-1 to DVI-D cable to hook up the HP. The problem is
the pc connection on my Olevia is VGA and when I play MCE recorded TV
the picture is not good. The max resolution according to Olevia manual
for VGA is 1280 x 764.
I am very hesitant to adjust the picture on the Olevia , since it works
fine for live TV, Replay TV and DVD's etc. It even looks just fine for
all windows functions other than MCE.
There is no DVI connection on the Olevia. My only choices are VGA,
S-Video and Component.
I am thinking of buying an S-Video to component-in cable to the Olevia.
Would this setup work with MCE 2005 and would it improve the recorded
picture quality?
Betty.....Didn't get my dummies book yet, so still an MCE dummy
PS: My graphics card is ATI X1950 Pro. It has 2 DVI-1 connectors and an
S-Video. It also came with
a very short doohickey that connects to the S-video and has the blue red
and green component
attached. My TV tuner card is a Hauppauge 150 MCE
.
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