 maartenaElmoPremium
join:2002-05-10
Orange, CA
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 ·AT&T U-Verse
 ·DIRECTV
| reply to craiglester
Re: Cable TV on my PC Since we're posting our MS Paint skills.....This is my setup. My Office is so big, we're gonna put a couch in it and create an entertainment room with all the bells and whistles. (Probably new widescreen TV or so hehehe) Thats in the planning for next year, so i'll have to replace splitter 2 with a 3-way splitter.
Now here the reason why I posted my setup:
I have a *crystal clear* reception on my Digital Tuner. I have *high speeds and low latency* on my cable modem, so I would presume the signal strenght coming in my house is good.
However, the TV-Card (analog, first 100 channels only) has a slight distortion on the reception. I tried moving the card to a different PCI slot (as far away as possible from any other cards) and removed the analog modem as I never used it anyways. Still distorted images.
I can't quite figure out whether it is related to the fact that a computer screen and a TV have completely different resolutions, or whether there is something else going on.
The loose cable (already completely installed under the carpet/side to where a TV may be installed) has been used a few times to connect a TV (before I had a TV card) and it had crystal clear reception.
Any sugestions on how to improve the signal to the TV card? (yes I have replaced cables and got HQ cable)
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tiapetra
join:2003-11-12
Fort Lauderdale, FL | Had a similar situation to yours recently. Leave your modem a straight run if you can. If you split your cable box line before the filter and go to the pc, you will probably get all the bonus cable channels. Here they were all on channels less than 100 anyway. I had the problem with the cable reception on the pc as well. I was using the pc to capture children's shows and then making dvd's. Some of it is software related. Update your tuner card software/drivers or try other software compatable with your card. The way I solved all my problems was to go to direct tv with dsl. The pc tv reception was a 10 compared to a 2 with cable and the dsl is understandably a little slower, but most people really can't tell the difference. The tv reception in the rest of the house is also much, much, much improved. All this for less money a month. Lot's to ponder, Good luck |
