TV quality (1 Viewer)

[CreoN]

Area: Media Portal Program
MediaPortal Version: 0.2.0.4 (2006-08-11)
MediaPortal Skin: mce1280x720
Windows Version: Windows XP (SP2)
.NET CLR Version: 2.0.50727
DirectX Version: 4.09.00.0904 (9.0c)
Audio Codec: ffdshow Audio Decoder
Video Codec: DScaler Mpeg2 Video Decoder
CPU Type: Intel Celeron - 2.53GHz
Memory: 511 MB
Motherboard: IS7/IS7-G/IS7-E (Intel i865-ICH5)
TV Card Model: Hauppage WinTV PVR-150 MCE
TV Card Type: Hardware
TV Card Driver: 2.0.43.24103
Video Card Model: Nvidia Geforce 6200 (128 MB)
Video Card Driver: 9.1.3.1
Video Card Resolution: 1280x720
Video Render Type: ?
Audio Card Model: Realtek AC'97 Audio
Audio Card Driver: 5.10.0.5320
TV: Samsung LE32R5
TV - HTPC Connection: VGA-cable

Synopsis::

I've seen a lot of posts about TV quality, but not addressing my issue (might have missed it though). The problem is that I'm having a much better image when watching TV with the antenna cable connected directly to my TV than when going through MP. Could this be related to my tuning card (i.e. is it low-quality) or anything else? I've tried some other Tv-tuning software but can't get any better quality out of them either.
Any ideas what I can do to improve it? It's a bit frustrating not having as good image quality as I could...

Cheers,
Tobias

 

[Spragleknas]

Hmm... I am using the PVR-350, and quality is better (but it was worse).

Try:
- Latest 150-driver from http://www.shspvr.com (and nVidia, if old)
- Try using nVidia PureVideo (trial)


Luck!

 

[Efros]

hmmm, $153 for mobo and cpu, $29 for sound card, $90 for RAM, $90 for tv card and remote, $40 for case, $20 for mouse/kb combo, $60 for gfx, $482 total. actually the case mouse/kb and sound card I already had.