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About my TV tuner...

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Neptuna_Fish

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...why does it suck?

The visual quality, I mean.

My specs:

XP Pro
Asus P4P800
Pentium 4/2.60/800 FSB/blah,blah...
1 gig RAM
Seagate 120/8MB
ATI All-in-Wonder 9800 Pro/tuner manufactured by Phillips

When I hook up my digital cable line to my regular TV set, the quality is fine.

Another thing I've noticed: The smaller the window for the TV is minimized, the better the quality. But WTF? Who wants to watch tv on their monitor, that is the size of a business card?
 
Originally posted by Linte_Loco
Have you tried running the PC Check utility for any errors?
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Nope. Haven't tried this. I didn't think I would need to take such a course of action, when my system is only a week old, and I've only been on it five times.

I'll do it, though, and see what happens.

I bought my computer from I Buy Power, btw.
http://www.ibuypower.com
 
Originally posted by Myrdhinn
Possibly the fact that the tv tuner is analogue only might be the problem?
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Not that this should come as a surprise, but I'm pretty ignorant when it comes to all-things electronic- seriously. I'm just a step above whatever demographic Dell and the like advertise to. I, at least, know better than to buy systems that contain components by manufacturers whose brand names don't even appear in advertisements.

Anyway, HDTV is digital, right? Well, if my tuner is analogue, then why does it support HDTV? It's true, but I, myself, haven't bothered to mess around with the settings of my tv tuner, and hooking up the appropriate adapters/connectors.

What I've tried so far, is changing the resolution of my desktop from 1024xsomething to 800x600, and, still, no change. I've also run a disk error check, and nothing's wrong.
 
Originally posted by Myrdhinn
Possibly the fact that the tv tuner is analogue only might be the problem?
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It`s cable ready as well as analog for T.V And there was some kind of HDTV plug convertor thing in my box also :eek:
 
No problems here. They do have HDTV hookups but I use the composite box that came with my card since thats all I need. Just streaming video from my camcorder home movies.
 
Originally posted by Neptuna_Fish
Not that this should come as a surprise, but I'm pretty ignorant when it comes to all-things electronic- seriously. I'm just a step above whatever demographic Dell and the like advertise to. I, at least, know better than to buy systems that contain components by manufacturers whose brand names don't even appear in advertisements.

Anyway, HDTV is digital, right? Well, if my tuner is analogue, then why does it support HDTV? It's true, but I, myself, haven't bothered to mess around with the settings of my tv tuner, and hooking up the appropriate adapters/connectors.

What I've tried so far, is changing the resolution of my desktop from 1024xsomething to 800x600, and, still, no change. I've also run a disk error check, and nothing's wrong.
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OK
What type of documentation did you receive for your A.I.W?

Is your drivers the latest? http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html
Catalyst 3.10 + M.M.C 8.8

Do you have any type of video software installed that is not related to ATI?
 
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