[mythtv-users] Picture Quality...
Brian Wood
beww at beww.org
Mon Oct 9 23:17:26 UTC 2006
On Oct 9, 2006, at 5:09 PM, Ross Campbell wrote:
>>> I would expect that a card whose sole function in life is to tune TV
>>> signals would have a better tuner than an expensive display to which
>>> a tuner is just an add-on accessory, but perhaps that's too logical.
>>>
>> Interesting. My Philips TV (TP368ICI) has a tuner that is far
>> superior
>> to my PVR-250.
>
> In the past I've had video quality issues that were addressed by
> moving cards to different slots (internal shielding on tuners?) and
> I've seen varying degrees of quality with different video capture
> cards.
>
> I would try getting as clean a run from your cable source with as few
> other devices or splitters, etc. attached first and see if that makes
> any difference.
The easiest way to check this is to simply swap cables with the
"better" device and see if the "better" condition follows the cable
or stays with the receiving device.
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