Re: HDTV tuner cards

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On Sun, 03 Jun 2007 19:42:01 -0700, ultraext wrote:

I am looking for a component video in or HDMI tuner card to run on HTPC
which is running Vista Home premium Media center. I am currently using
an ATI TV Wonder 650, and I get some degredation of signal when it goes
through my PC. I can view it directly from my sat reciever to the TV and
the picture is crisp using component video. But my setup through the
HTPC is from the Sat reciever to the PC via s-video then out of the pc
via a dvi connection on another video card. I know it is not the video
card because I can watch very crisp looking DVD's just fine. When I
view HD programs from the Sat reciever there definately is a noticable
difference when going through the PC. Are there any codec updates that
could resolve this or is my limitation the s-video in?

It's hardware: S-Video does not support HD.
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