Recent content by MistaObvious

Thanks, I'll look into that. Which is better, dscaler or the nvidia one offered with the pvr150 at pcalchemy? Why spend the extra $10 if I don't have to, right? Short answer? This is all a part of my attempt to figure out if some of the problems I've experienced are hardware or...

Hey, gang. So I finally set up my HTPC, played with it a ton, and have what are probably really simple issues. Here are some specs to refresh memories: ASUS A7N8X-D 2.0 (currently running audio through this as well) AMD Barton 2500+ (stock FSB and voltage @ 1.8GHz) Corsair 2x 256MB in...

Doesn't show up there, either. :(

Ok, so I've built a HTPC system from my old mobo, a couple old WDs, a DVD-R and CD-R. Originally, everything ran fine (except of coarse some issues I had between video-TV signal and my PVR - which I'm almost sure will be fixed with a new PVR and TVTool). Of coarse, with all that I had done to...

Unfortunately, it's a crappy old KWorld PVR, so I doubt there are any tweaks for those drivers available anywhere. So really, I don't know any more than it's MPEG2. My brother-in-law's supposed to be giving me a USB PVR. Will USB have any drawbacks next to a PCI PVR? As for what it is, I...

Thanks a lot for the replies, even if you thought it o/t. All of it was very insightful. I actually retried the Ti4800SE again tonight with some better success, mostly in part because of what I learned just visiting this forum. Right now, the quality of video only seems limited by my PVR...

I know there's a ton of information already here on this forum, and I've already gone through a bit of the stickies. But I'm hoping that some of you might help answering a couple quick questions to help me understand what's best. First, I don't have a HDTV. Just a simple Sony 27" TV that's...