Live TV Quality Please help!!!!

[spapesh]

I have a wife that is extremely picky about her TV. She wants it to just work and look good.

I am using the .123 Nvidia decoder with an ATI 9550. I have the deinterlace set to auto on both the card and the decoder. The image is slightly blurred. It is just noticable. I can live with it, but the wife can't.

Can anyone help???

[HtV]

She wants it to just work and look good.

That's exactly what I want from my wife

[fuzzweed]

try different video decoders - they all look slightly different. There's a few free on the internet (dscaler and stinky come to mind) Google for mpeg2 codecs or go to videohelp.com.
Also cyberlink and intervideo supply them with purchased dvd software , or you may already have an older version of theirs if you received a bundled copy of powerdvd or windvd when you purchased a dvd drive.

They all have various pros and cons for stability, picture quality, features etc - it's easy to swap between them in the config app - but I'd recommend at least a day or twos veiwing with each one to put it through its paces before you decide which works best for you.

[spapesh]

Are there any free ones that will take advantage of my ATI 9550 deinterlacing?

[pBS]

i use dscaler[free] and it supports the hardware deinterlacing in current version...
i believe also nvidia[pay] and cyberlink/powerdvd[pay also] do...

to make sharper on that card, set 'video mode' in ATI display properties[not overscan or regular] and/or use overlay for output mode in gbvr instead of vmr..or try vmr7..
i have to adjust the gbpvr size in config.xml in 'zoom' settings to shrink the screen a bit after applying 'video mode' as it overscans too much on ati cards..

[spapesh]

What settings do you use in dscaler? Are you using the latest Dscaler MPEG2 Video decoder? I don't see an option in the video decoder for hardware deinterlace. Do I need to tweak the registry?