<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/22/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Kevin J. Cummings</b> <<a href="mailto:cummings@kjchome.homeip.net">cummings@kjchome.homeip.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
, because the cable going into the 350 has been split at<br>least 3-4 times before getting to it,</blockquote><div><br>You probably need to fix this problem. The easiest and most hands off way might be to order a hi-def cable box from RCN, let them worry about making sure the signal is strong enough at your terminal to recieve HD channels, then give it back after a month.
<br><br>Unfortunately, that's an ethically questionable tactic (if it was Comcast, I would say fuck 'em, but I would feel bad about screwing over RCN). <br><br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
With the pcHDTV 5500, I'm able to pick up more channels digitally than I<br>can with analog! One notable exception is I cannot pick up WFXT-DT with<br>this setup, but I can pick up a number of Providence stations including
<br>WNAC-DT</blockquote><div><br><br>That is bizarre. The WFXT transmitter is in south Newton, so I'd guess that you are suffering from multipath issues. I'd also guess that your antenna is pointed in a south-southeasterly direction, and pointing it at Boston might get you WFXT at the expense of those Providence stations.
</div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>The dropouts might have something to do with this message from mplayer:<br><br>
Your computer is too slow to play this content.<br><br>OK, I admit it. I'm probably pushing the envelope with this computer,<br>an AMD2600+ and a GeForce MX400 video card (running the nvidia Xorg<br>driver) running with
1.5GB of DDR pc2700 ram. </blockquote><div><br>You aren't "pushing it," your video card is just plain inadequate. The processor is borderline, but may be fine with XvMC enabled (once you get a video card that supports it).
<br> </div><br></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>TV/IT Engineer<br>WCJB-TV Gainesville, FL<br>(352) 377 2020 x248<br><a href="mailto:cribe@wcjb.com">cribe@wcjb.com</a>