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<blockquote data-quote="Flerbizky" data-source="post: 91065" data-attributes="member: 13834">I'll have to check my settings a little later - The EO has thrown her evil forces onto the TV.. (Read: Gilmore Girls. ed.) But.. For short, I'm running a very very tight and minimalist system software wise. A clean XP install, all patches, drivers etc. Then use a good solid hour or two with XPlite removing all sorts of weird stuff like system restore, Wifi services, network discovery et al. The only codecs I have installed are : FFDshow, AC3codec and Purevideo. IIRC, I belive my TV settings are : Codec: PureVideo, De-Interlace set to Bob (could be weave, still testing) and Stretch applied to size (removes some black bars top to bottom)... I'm wondering - What kinda TV quality to you get if you're not using MP but only whatever program came with the TV card.. Are there newer drivers out for the TV card. Updates drivers made a world of difference with my Hauppauge card... So much I couldn't believe it.. Also - while I've been swearing by a 84.xx version of the Detonators, the latest HDTV enabled ones (93.xx) also increased the picture quality...Anyway - I'll check the exact settings once the EO has dozed off ;-)&nbsp; Cheers,Steffen</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Flerbizky, post: 91065, member: 13834"] I'll have to check my settings a little later - The EO has thrown her evil forces onto the TV.. (Read: Gilmore Girls. ed.) But.. For short, I'm running a very very tight and minimalist system software wise. A clean XP install, all patches, drivers etc. Then use a good solid hour or two with XPlite removing all sorts of weird stuff like system restore, Wifi services, network discovery et al. The only codecs I have installed are : FFDshow, AC3codec and Purevideo. IIRC, I belive my TV settings are : Codec: PureVideo, De-Interlace set to Bob (could be weave, still testing) and Stretch applied to size (removes some black bars top to bottom)... I'm wondering - What kinda TV quality to you get if you're not using MP but only whatever program came with the TV card.. Are there newer drivers out for the TV card. Updates drivers made a world of difference with my Hauppauge card... So much I couldn't believe it.. Also - while I've been swearing by a 84.xx version of the Detonators, the latest HDTV enabled ones (93.xx) also increased the picture quality... Anyway - I'll check the exact settings once the EO has dozed off ;-) Cheers, Steffen [/QUOTE]

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