2004-08-22, 06:31 PM
My card works great, except for I've got one channel (channel 2, CBS in Los Angeles at 54 MHz) that has really bad horizontal lines. Â Unfortunately, the sole purpose of setting up a PVR for me was to record episodes of CSI. Â
Example of CBS:
http://www.rightonbro.com/gbpvr/bad.jpg
Example of a clean channel:
http://www.rightonbro.com/gbpvr/good.jpg
This happens on any PVR software I try (GBPVR, Hauppauge's WinTV2000, and BeyondTV when I tried that joint out a few weeks ago). Â Hauppauge tech support says try a new coax cable (I did, no change) or a signal booster (haven't tried yet). Â Are horizontal lines indicative of a weak signal?
My cable connection is as follows:
* Cable modem vs. TV on the first splitter
* TV is split - first goes to digital cable box, second goes to PVR
* Cable provider is Comcast (I'm on their digital starter package)
So technically I'm only pulling in analog cable and the PVR is receiving certain stations only (the public stations like CBS, NBC, and FOX), which is fine with me. Â I might get an IR blaster and just use the PVR to record from the cable box, but I'd like to watch TV and record a different channel at the same time.
System is WinTV PVR-250 on an Athlon 2200+, 1 gig RAM, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro.
thanks,
mdj
Example of CBS:
http://www.rightonbro.com/gbpvr/bad.jpg
Example of a clean channel:
http://www.rightonbro.com/gbpvr/good.jpg
This happens on any PVR software I try (GBPVR, Hauppauge's WinTV2000, and BeyondTV when I tried that joint out a few weeks ago). Â Hauppauge tech support says try a new coax cable (I did, no change) or a signal booster (haven't tried yet). Â Are horizontal lines indicative of a weak signal?
My cable connection is as follows:
* Cable modem vs. TV on the first splitter
* TV is split - first goes to digital cable box, second goes to PVR
* Cable provider is Comcast (I'm on their digital starter package)
So technically I'm only pulling in analog cable and the PVR is receiving certain stations only (the public stations like CBS, NBC, and FOX), which is fine with me. Â I might get an IR blaster and just use the PVR to record from the cable box, but I'd like to watch TV and record a different channel at the same time.
System is WinTV PVR-250 on an Athlon 2200+, 1 gig RAM, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro.
thanks,
mdj