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<blockquote data-quote="gxtracker" data-source="post: 58269" data-attributes="member: 14004">Re: TV quality - better or worse than &quot;standard&quot; TSince we're talking about standard def TV, forget about component or RGB connections. S-video will give you the best quality signal, and using something like ffdshow to massage the video, (colour, brightness, sharpness, etc...) will provide you a slightly better picture.Composite will provide you a worse picture than S-video, but of course, the term quality is a subjective statement. I wouldn't go so far as to say inferior.Put it this way: when people come over and watch my TV, they dont even know they're watching through the HTPC until I press the &quot;fullscreen&quot; button on the remote to go back to the TV menu. Usually when they discover this, they too want a HTPC. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> My HTPC is connected by S-video to my TV.Simple; purchase a a HDTV card for capturing or watching, or download HDTV content and connect to a HDTV through DVI or VGA. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="gxtracker, post: 58269, member: 14004"] [b]Re: TV quality - better or worse than "standard" T[/b] Since we're talking about standard def TV, forget about component or RGB connections. S-video will give you the best quality signal, and using something like ffdshow to massage the video, (colour, brightness, sharpness, etc...) will provide you a slightly better picture. Composite will provide you a worse picture than S-video, but of course, the term quality is a subjective statement. I wouldn't go so far as to say inferior. Put it this way: when people come over and watch my TV, they dont even know they're watching through the HTPC until I press the "fullscreen" button on the remote to go back to the TV menu. Usually when they discover this, they too want a HTPC. :) My HTPC is connected by S-video to my TV. Simple; purchase a a HDTV card for capturing or watching, or download HDTV content and connect to a HDTV through DVI or VGA. :D [/QUOTE]

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