2007-10-13, 03:43 AM
Here's my setup:
P2.4GHz Pentium, 1G RAM
7600GS AGP Video
nVidia PureVideo
VRM9 FSE
PVR-150
HVR-1600(using QAM from cable for digital)
Overall things are working well except I am seeing some slight stuttering especially on the HD channels. It's just barely perceptable but annoying enough for me to want to fix it(it gets worse during sporting events). I see the same amt of stutter on the digital channels whether it's SD or HD. I can also playback recorded 720p and 1080i smooth as silk, no stuttering. Any tweaks that can be applied? Does turning on/off interlacing make any difference? Going to overlay didn't appear to help and just made the color much much worse. CPU is only loaded at about 50%, even when doing HD, so it wouldn't appear that the CPU is overloaded.
Slightly off topic: Any ideas on making analog look better on an LCD? I've gone straight through from my cable to the TV bypassing the PVR-150 and HVR-1600 and the video is roughly the same so it's not the encoding. However, it's the standard deal where analog video looks like crap on the LCD. Any tweaks that can be done to an LCD that can overcome the horrible coloring?
P2.4GHz Pentium, 1G RAM
7600GS AGP Video
nVidia PureVideo
VRM9 FSE
PVR-150
HVR-1600(using QAM from cable for digital)
Overall things are working well except I am seeing some slight stuttering especially on the HD channels. It's just barely perceptable but annoying enough for me to want to fix it(it gets worse during sporting events). I see the same amt of stutter on the digital channels whether it's SD or HD. I can also playback recorded 720p and 1080i smooth as silk, no stuttering. Any tweaks that can be applied? Does turning on/off interlacing make any difference? Going to overlay didn't appear to help and just made the color much much worse. CPU is only loaded at about 50%, even when doing HD, so it wouldn't appear that the CPU is overloaded.
Slightly off topic: Any ideas on making analog look better on an LCD? I've gone straight through from my cable to the TV bypassing the PVR-150 and HVR-1600 and the video is roughly the same so it's not the encoding. However, it's the standard deal where analog video looks like crap on the LCD. Any tweaks that can be done to an LCD that can overcome the horrible coloring?