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<blockquote data-quote="shred444" data-source="post: 73955" data-attributes="member: 20509">I am curious on how to get the best overall video quality from my system and media portal.&nbsp; I am using a hauppauge 500mce dual tuner and using an agp video card's tv-out port to a brand new CRT tv.there is a serious degradation in video quality when using my computer, rather than using the TV's tuner.&nbsp; There is even more degradation when i turn time shifting on.&nbsp; Text is jittery on the screen as well.&nbsp; Where are the places i should look to bump up the quality?Could it be:&nbsp;&nbsp; -Media Portals video settings are set too low.&nbsp; I believe i already changed this in the config utility under tuner A and tuner B.&nbsp; What kbps should i use?&nbsp;&nbsp; -My video out card is too cheap to handle quality video ($40 Gigabyte GeForce FX 5200 / 128MB / AGP 8X / DVI / AV Out / TV-Out / Video Card)&nbsp;&nbsp; -My RCA cable from video card to tv is too crappy, or too long (4' standard RCA cable)&nbsp;&nbsp; -should i be using s-video to the TV instead of RCA?&nbsp;&nbsp; -My hauppauge dual tuner is automatically compressing the video when it comes in (how do i turn this off)&nbsp;&nbsp; -video card's settings are off (i am using highest quality and 800x600 display)&nbsp;&nbsp; -something is creating noise in the machine, causing it to radiate to the tuner/video card&nbsp;&nbsp; -anything else?What do you guys think.... what would be your first guess?ThanksJonathan</blockquote>

[QUOTE="shred444, post: 73955, member: 20509"] I am curious on how to get the best overall video quality from my system and media portal. I am using a hauppauge 500mce dual tuner and using an agp video card's tv-out port to a brand new CRT tv. there is a serious degradation in video quality when using my computer, rather than using the TV's tuner. There is even more degradation when i turn time shifting on. Text is jittery on the screen as well. Where are the places i should look to bump up the quality? Could it be: -Media Portals video settings are set too low. I believe i already changed this in the config utility under tuner A and tuner B. What kbps should i use? -My video out card is too cheap to handle quality video ($40 Gigabyte GeForce FX 5200 / 128MB / AGP 8X / DVI / AV Out / TV-Out / Video Card) -My RCA cable from video card to tv is too crappy, or too long (4' standard RCA cable) -should i be using s-video to the TV instead of RCA? -My hauppauge dual tuner is automatically compressing the video when it comes in (how do i turn this off) -video card's settings are off (i am using highest quality and 800x600 display) -something is creating noise in the machine, causing it to radiate to the tuner/video card -anything else? What do you guys think.... what would be your first guess? Thanks Jonathan [/QUOTE]

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