350 tvout quality

[onestar]

Hi (asked this over on hauppauge.co.uk), just recently bought the 350, specifically for the MPEG encode/decode functionality. Getting it setup as a PVR, but the quality of output from the TV out is not so great.

I have tried SCART straight into a TV and video out into a RF converter for analogue display.

On both (without any program running - the coloured bars for example), I can see a very distinctive "echo", "ghost", "shadow" effect where the vertical lines are, offset by a few mm to the right. I see this using the programs, using OSD, or playback. Also notice (on the coloured bars) a wavy zig zag effect (best I can describe it) on the borders of the colours.

My Geoforce tvout on the video card doesn't have this problem at all, and given it happens on the svhs, and video outputs off the card, I believe its straight from the 350 card output. I've scanned this forum, and others, but don't see anything having the same problem. I don't think its gbvr since the colour bars are independent of that?

Is there anything I can do ? It poses a problem, since the tvguides, and osd become very hard to read via this output (which is why all skins to me are unreadable!!)

Thanks

[stefan]

Sounds to me like omething is wrong with one (or more) of your hardware components. The quality of tv out on the 350 is beyond that of most graphic cards' tv out. It's borderline to dvd players' scart quality.

Any chance you can try on a different tv? And/or with a different scart cable? Obviosuly, there could be a problem with the card itself, too.

Try to narrow it down to the faulty hardware (unless you've already done so), and go from there. You should be able to get a replacement card if that's what causes this. It shouldn't do.

[onestar]

Sounds to me like omething is wrong with one (or more) of your hardware components. The quality of tv out on the 350 is beyond that of most graphic cards' tv out. It's borderline to dvd players' scart quality.

Thats why I got it

Any chance you can try on a different tv? And/or with a different scart cable? Obviosuly, there could be a problem with the card itself, too.

Try to narrow it down to the faulty hardware (unless you've already done so), and go from there. You should be able to get a replacement card if that's what causes this. It shouldn't do.

Sadly not easy, but I guess I'll have to go through it to be sure

[onestar]

Okay ran a few more tests, different cables, connectors,tv removing all connections placing them at different inputs etc etc. End result, it appears as if the video out connector signal strength is too high, and the svideo even stronger.

The video-out connector produces a very nice picture via scart on the tv. The svideo is slightly fuzzy. Via the RF both produce "shadows"/"ghosting", the svideo more pronounced than the video out.

I tested this by splitting the video out into two inputs, and the signal appeared weaker but removed the shadow. I still get "wavy signals" on the picture.

Finally putting the video out through a maplins video conditioner, and turning the strength/sharpness down slightly has produced the best picture I think I can get via RF. Picture is clear, still slight waves appearing, but bearable.

Hope this might help others with similar problems (if others do have this )

[dflipb]

with my gforce 2 gts pro 64mb running s-video was very lack luster. the video looked like it was in slow motion. I finally went back to trying the video out from the 350 and found that the cabling makes a huge difference. I have found that you need the best s-video cable money can buy with the most amount of shielding possible. I was using just a standard s cable and the switched to a Monster gold cable and the picture cleared right up and watching tv is now EXACTLY how I thought it should be. give that a try.

Ps thanks for this awesome program!