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<blockquote data-quote="hc97mg2000" data-source="post: 410102" data-attributes="member: 90601">Hi firstly I would like to thank this forum and all its members for all the great advice and support it has given.Also I would like to apologies If i am duplicating an existing thread on this topic.I have recently under taken a project to convert my exisitng PC into one that will enable me to watch TV, play HD video files (eg mkv, wmv9 etc) and record live TV etc.I have a MSI K9AGM2-FIH motherborad (onboard radeon X1250 graphics)2GB DDR RAM (OCZ)a 45w AMD 4200 dual coreANTEC case with 350 earthwatts poer supply.2x 500GB 7200RPM 16MB cache HDDsTechno trend DVB-C cardI am using vista 32bitNow I have managed to install MP no probs. Configuired so it picks up tv just fine. Now the issues I have are mainly with Picture quality. I have tried both VGA output and HDMI in my samsng 37 LCDOn standard def channess the pic seems to lack a bit of sharpness and did seem a bit washed out through VGA. But the colours were better in HDMI but still not sharp like on my cable box picture.HD was ofcourse very good but suffered from a lot of 'NOISE' on the picture.I have tried different codec EG FFDshow and tried to tweak and configurie the properties in that too but to not much effect. I also used ATI catalyst to&nbsp; enhance the pic quality to not much effect. I would like to make this PC my main source of TV but vastly need to enahnce pic quality to at least that of a cable box. Any suggestions.My thoughts are that it must be the onboard graphics card which as redeon X1250Big thanks for all the support</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hc97mg2000, post: 410102, member: 90601"] Hi firstly I would like to thank this forum and all its members for all the great advice and support it has given. Also I would like to apologies If i am duplicating an existing thread on this topic. I have recently under taken a project to convert my exisitng PC into one that will enable me to watch TV, play HD video files (eg mkv, wmv9 etc) and record live TV etc. I have a MSI K9AGM2-FIH motherborad (onboard radeon X1250 graphics) 2GB DDR RAM (OCZ) a 45w AMD 4200 dual core ANTEC case with 350 earthwatts poer supply. 2x 500GB 7200RPM 16MB cache HDDs Techno trend DVB-C card I am using vista 32bit Now I have managed to install MP no probs. Configuired so it picks up tv just fine. Now the issues I have are mainly with Picture quality. I have tried both VGA output and HDMI in my samsng 37 LCD On standard def channess the pic seems to lack a bit of sharpness and did seem a bit washed out through VGA. But the colours were better in HDMI but still not sharp like on my cable box picture. HD was ofcourse very good but suffered from a lot of 'NOISE' on the picture. I have tried different codec EG FFDshow and tried to tweak and configurie the properties in that too but to not much effect. I also used ATI catalyst to enhance the pic quality to not much effect. I would like to make this PC my main source of TV but vastly need to enahnce pic quality to at least that of a cable box. Any suggestions. My thoughts are that it must be the onboard graphics card which as redeon X1250 Big thanks for all the support [/QUOTE]

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