Fuzzy, Washed-Out Picture/DScaler

[bakerjs]

Question for you guys:

First, here are the specs of my setup:
P4 2.8 GHz
512 RAM
Hauppauge PVR-150 Capture Card
Radeon X300 128MB Video Card
Standard Defintion Sony WEGA 32" TV
DirecTV standard def. set top box
IR blaster
All S-Video connections

When I first got my system up and running, I noticed that while running GB-PVR, the resulting picture on my TV screen was a bit washed out and slightly fuzzy compared to the picture I get with the DirecTV box hooked straight up to the TV.

Then I read something about DScaler.  I installed DScaler, played around with some of the brightness/contrast/etc. settings, and viewed the resulting picture on my TV (just a direct feed from the DirecTV box, through the computer, and to the TV -- without GB-PVR running.)  The picture looked great.

I was hoping that once I installed DScaler, I would then see picture improvements while watching TV through GB-PVR.  (Did it install codecs?)  Unfortunately, even after installing DScaler, I still see the same fuzzy, washed-out picture through GB-PVR.

My question is: Is there a way to implement my DScaler settings so that GB-PVR can take advantage of them?  I read something about a "DScaler overlay," but I'm not sure if I'm on the right track.

Sorry if this seems like a dumb question, but I've poked around in the config settings and in the forums for more information, but I can't seem to figure out whether or not this is possible.

Alternatively (if DScaler won't work), are there other apps/codecs I can install to tweak my display?  For example, I also read something about ffdshow (and I see this option in the GB-PVR config settings), but I'm not sure how to go about implementing this.

Thanks in advance for any info you can provide.

-JB

[sub]

Download and try FFDShow.

[sub]

Sorry, I know that was a very short answer for the long post

Really - look into FFDShow. It does the sort of fine grained image manipulation that your looking for.

[bakerjs]

Thanks for the tip ... sometimes the best answers are the shortest ones!

I'll give ffdshow a whirl tonight and see how it goes.

-JB