TV Out Quality of X800?

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FallOutBoyTonto

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Just wondering what the image quality is for the TV out for them X800 cards, Pro or XT-PE. Currently have 9800XT and the TV out quality isn't perfect. Sure ATi is king of IQ on releguar displays, but their TV out quality leaves much to hope for. I haven't read anything about the TV out quality yet on them new cards.

I can't even watch a movie on the TV that is played on my computer, using S-Video directly from card to TV, horizontal white lines always show up and that annoys me so I end up watching DVD's on my small computer monitor instead of my big TV. :( Thought I'd use my PC as home theatre too, DVD's, 5.1 sound, PVR, but want good TV out quality. Can anyone inform me?
 
horizontal white lines sound like an artifact ( and your not talking letterbox edging right? ) Can you test on something else? or test the s-video TV input from something else.
You should ditch lame res s-video and go component or DVI if your big TV supports it.
 
My TV supports component video but I'll need an adapter that I don't have. So for now I guess I'll try using a different cable or something.
 
FallOutBoyTonto said:
Just wondering what the image quality is for the TV out for them X800 cards, Pro or XT-PE. Currently have 9800XT and the TV out quality isn't perfect. Sure ATi is king of IQ on releguar displays, but their TV out quality leaves much to hope for. I haven't read anything about the TV out quality yet on them new cards.

I can't even watch a movie on the TV that is played on my computer, using S-Video directly from card to TV, horizontal white lines always show up and that annoys me so I end up watching DVD's on my small computer monitor instead of my big TV. :( Thought I'd use my PC as home theatre too, DVD's, 5.1 sound, PVR, but want good TV out quality. Can anyone inform me?
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Are the white lines static or moving?
 
Buy a component cable, its worth the money. You have spent all that money on the tv, pc spend 50 bucks and buy the right cable.
 
I asked this same question on Rage3D and got a suggestion to unplug the regular cable tv cable and try again. I tried and the moving horizontal white lines were gone. :D So I was getting interference from the cable tv signal I guess. But removing all other connections worked. Thanks anyway, and I'll be getting an adapter soon to see if the quality will get any better.
 
I am having a similar problem with moving horizontal white lines with my tv-out. I agree that something might not be grounded correctly. I have tried multiple video cards and have the same problem. I disconnected all other devices in the pc (with the exception of the CPU fan) and I still have the same problem. The wierd thing is that I have a laptop that I can connect with the same s-video cable and I get no interference...everything looks fine.

So something is definitely causing the interference within the PC. Any ideas on how I can narrow down which part is not grounded correctly? Could it be the motherboard?

thx.
 
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