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<blockquote data-quote="jawbroken" data-source="post: 33944" data-attributes="member: 14372">Well, the main problem is that the foxtel stream you are getting is being decoded and re-encoded multiple times down the line. I mean, foxtel gets it in one form, encodes it to send down the cable, your set-top box decodes it, puts out a composite signal, your capture card encodes it to MPEG2 and then decodes it, probably the picture is deinterlaced for the computer to work with then re-interlaced for TV display (unless you are outputing a progressive signal, but when you say HDTV I presume it is 1080i? could be 720p though). And that is not including any processing your TV does to an incoming signal.That is so many generations on from the original signal that I am not suprised that you are getting less than acceptable results.This is why the FTA HD signal looks so much better. Less generations of the video means less noise and picture artifacts (and also there is more information in general on a HD signal, but even the standard definition channels should look a lot better).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jawbroken, post: 33944, member: 14372"] Well, the main problem is that the foxtel stream you are getting is being decoded and re-encoded multiple times down the line. I mean, foxtel gets it in one form, encodes it to send down the cable, your set-top box decodes it, puts out a composite signal, your capture card encodes it to MPEG2 and then decodes it, probably the picture is deinterlaced for the computer to work with then re-interlaced for TV display (unless you are outputing a progressive signal, but when you say HDTV I presume it is 1080i? could be 720p though). And that is not including any processing your TV does to an incoming signal. That is so many generations on from the original signal that I am not suprised that you are getting less than acceptable results. This is why the FTA HD signal looks so much better. Less generations of the video means less noise and picture artifacts (and also there is more information in general on a HD signal, but even the standard definition channels should look a lot better). [/QUOTE]

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