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<blockquote data-quote="Lotsofjazz" data-source="post: 334270" data-attributes="member: 64243">My 2 cents:I got the stuttering as well, only with HD channels btw, and I did myself a present as it was my birthday anyways, and bought a new graphics card (Gainward HD4650 with 1Gb DDR2).. no stuttering anymore.What helped in the past was: New better quality (Hirschmann) COAX cables and all metal shielded COAX plugs.. Dont underestimate this! Once I came to the point I could not watch HD channels at all anymore, blaming Mediaportal for this.. but then at some point I got the question to check signal strength and BER, and these were less then 75%, at some channels only 25%.. and they advised me to change the COAX cables and plugs.. did that, and since then signal strength is back to 100% and BER 0.. able to watch HD channels again.Installing an antenna signal amplifier just before the HTPC (short coax from amp to HTPC), just a cheap one from the nearest radioshop.Get rid of MPV/MPA decoders and use Cyberlink(PowerDVD8) codecs exclusively, I found out ffdshow does not work with live TV, I dont know why.Hardware acceleration is not allways better when used with low spec graphics cards. Turning off Hardware acceleration improved my situation greatly when I used the on board X1250 GFX card.But still not a perfectly smooth running pictue, certainly with fast paced scenes. Not really bad, but it was there and started to anoying me more and more. The final thing that needed upgrading was the Graphics card, and since I installed the gainward HD4650 very smooth running pictures, in HD and SD.Well worth the E70,- investment!Lots</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lotsofjazz, post: 334270, member: 64243"] My 2 cents: I got the stuttering as well, only with HD channels btw, and I did myself a present as it was my birthday anyways, and bought a new graphics card (Gainward HD4650 with 1Gb DDR2).. no stuttering anymore. What helped in the past was: New better quality (Hirschmann) COAX cables and all metal shielded COAX plugs.. Dont underestimate this! Once I came to the point I could not watch HD channels at all anymore, blaming Mediaportal for this.. but then at some point I got the question to check signal strength and BER, and these were less then 75%, at some channels only 25%.. and they advised me to change the COAX cables and plugs.. did that, and since then signal strength is back to 100% and BER 0.. able to watch HD channels again. Installing an antenna signal amplifier just before the HTPC (short coax from amp to HTPC), just a cheap one from the nearest radioshop. Get rid of MPV/MPA decoders and use Cyberlink(PowerDVD8) codecs exclusively, I found out ffdshow does not work with live TV, I dont know why. Hardware acceleration is not allways better when used with low spec graphics cards. Turning off Hardware acceleration improved my situation greatly when I used the on board X1250 GFX card. But still not a perfectly smooth running pictue, certainly with fast paced scenes. Not really bad, but it was there and started to anoying me more and more. The final thing that needed upgrading was the Graphics card, and since I installed the gainward HD4650 very smooth running pictures, in HD and SD. Well worth the E70,- investment! Lots [/QUOTE]

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