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<blockquote data-quote="erik.p" data-source="post: 108343" data-attributes="member: 29739">Hi,So, I've finally gotten mediaportal up and running, and showing it off to my gf.At first she is -rightfully - impressed, as am I.Then she points out that the analog TV - when shown live - looks like crap compared to the regular TV in the same room, showing the same channel.It's all pixelated and looks like a VCD-rip, in particular dark areas.The same goes for recorded material as well (Quality setting &quot;high&quot;).So, here is my question/rant.Is this the price you pay for HTPC? That the quality of analog TV looks worse than when being fed straight to a TV? I can kind of understand this, as the signal has to go though TV-Card -&gt; Graphics Card -&gt; TV, and some sort of coding is happening to the signal along the way. Or have I missed something?Any comments / suggestions appreciated.OS : Windows XP ProMedia portal : 0.2.2.0TV-card: Hauppage WinTV PVR-150 Graphic card: ASUS N EN7600GSTV: 32 Inch PAL-LCD, fed via VGA and 1:1 Pixel Mapping (well, 1360x768)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="erik.p, post: 108343, member: 29739"] Hi, So, I've finally gotten mediaportal up and running, and showing it off to my gf. At first she is -rightfully - impressed, as am I. Then she points out that the analog TV - when shown live - looks like crap compared to the regular TV in the same room, showing the same channel. It's all pixelated and looks like a VCD-rip, in particular dark areas. The same goes for recorded material as well (Quality setting "high"). So, here is my question/rant. Is this the price you pay for HTPC? That the quality of analog TV looks worse than when being fed straight to a TV? I can kind of understand this, as the signal has to go though TV-Card -> Graphics Card -> TV, and some sort of coding is happening to the signal along the way. Or have I missed something? Any comments / suggestions appreciated. OS : Windows XP Pro Media portal : 0.2.2.0 TV-card: Hauppage WinTV PVR-150 Graphic card: ASUS N EN7600GS TV: 32 Inch PAL-LCD, fed via VGA and 1:1 Pixel Mapping (well, 1360x768) [/QUOTE]

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