[bcopping]

Digital hasnt arrived in my area so im stuck with analogue signals.

I have tried a hauppage pvr350 in my PC but the quality is horrible!!

I was wondering if the tuner boxes that come with plasma screens could be adopted for use with a projector or if there are any other decent options availble? Have you had any success with TV tuners in your PCs?

What do you lot use? lots of rugby to be watched on bbc2 and s4c!!

thanks

[stryker]

Tuner boxes, DVD players, media cards for PCs. They all have similar interfaces. Most projectors have composit video, svideo and component video inputs. You will find that pretty much most "sources" have composit at least, even better would be svideo or component.

Is that what you meant?

[bcopping]

Yeah but what source gives the best results in terms of picture quality?

You could use a video recorder, gives you a perfectly good tuner for little money.

If your projector takes RGB scart then almost any will be fine, if it has s-video then look for a video with s-video out or s-video over scart and add a conversion cable.

And with people moving to DVD Recorders you may be able to pick up one 2nd hard for barely anything.

[bcopping]

Thanks Maff et1 that may be an option, i will borrow a mates and see if the picture is any good like that, however i would also like to have ceefax as well!

[bcopping]

could something like this be used:

http://www.panasonic.co.uk/plasma-tv...00b/index.htm#

does anyone know what outputs it has?

my projector is a panasonic ptae700e by the way

[inzaman]

I use a video recorder and composite and the pq is good enough, depending on the signal.

I have tried a hauppage pvr350 in my PC but the quality is horrible!!

Is that a digital signal, as i was thinking about getting a digital card for my HCPC, for the World Cup next year.

[bcopping]

Originally Posted by inzaman

Is that a digital signal, as i was thinking about getting a digital card for my HCPC, for the World Cup next year.

No its analogue, it wont work with a lof of software either (uses non standard chip type or something). A bad buy on my part!

[Digger]

Netgem i-player Freeview box using component output. Also have a Nebula Digi TV pci card in my pc. Both give excellent results

[bcopping]

Cheers digger, i think things will be a lot easier when digital reaches my area!!

I am getting very good pictures thorugh my VCR all except for channels 2 & 4 where i keep on loosing the picture. It stays on for a couple of seconds then goes off for a couple of seconds with a black screen.

any ideas?? the picture quality is quite good when it shows so i dont think its a bad signal.

thanks

[Anim]

I have a Rave PCTV card that is ok, prefer to use DSCaler (Free) with it for improved tv picture when using an analog signal.

I also use a DigiTV card (www.nebula-electronics.com) in my PC and use the second Digital out on the gfx card into the projector.

My Samsung NTL box only has Scart out (no RF) so I can use a Scart RGB -> Svideo converter if I want to get NTL through the projector too but I dont bother really.

Anim

[bcopping]

I have pinched my pearents DVD recorder and the picture is fine, no blinking on/off any more!! So may have to get one myself (they want theirs back )

Cheers Anim, i will also check out Rave PCTV cards.

[SeaneyC]

Originally Posted by bcopping

I have pinched my pearents DVD recorder and the picture is fine, no blinking on/off any more!! So may have to get one myself (they want theirs back )

Cheers Anim, i will also check out Rave PCTV cards.

The Packard bell (yes the packard bell pc world make) PB-TV100 card and the lifeview 2000 card use the same chipset (and i'm lead to believe is in fact the same card!) which is the superior Phillips one, will give you better quality than the PCTV Rave. Mine was a huge leap in quality, well worth the £20 i paid for it. I also have a Nebula TV card, and although the de-interlacing has a fair while to go, the bob setting works well for sports

[CrispyXUK]

The PB-TV100 card seems to have an extreme lack of volume for me, any ideas of what I'm doing wrong? I can't find the latest drivers either

[SeaneyC]

Originally Posted by CrispyXUK

The PB-TV100 card seems to have an extreme lack of volume for me, any ideas of what I'm doing wrong? I can't find the latest drivers either

Not a clue i'm afraid - i used the PBTV purely as a Composite and S-Video input. I assume your loopback to the soundcard is hooked up, and that that input is at full volume in the windows mixer?

[CrispyXUK]

yeah its all setup correctly, do you know where to get the latest drivers from?

[Anim]

If your using the "Line in" loopback lead then make sure its "selected" in Windows volume properties control panel (under recording) as it might be on microphone instead. I had that problem yesterday getting an iPod to play through my PC speakers.

1. Start -> Programs -> Accesories -> Entertainment -> Volume Control
2. Options -> Properties
3. Select "Recording" in the "Adjust volume for:" and click "OK"
4. Tick "Line In"

Or

If your using onboard audio like CMedia then you need to select "Line In" from the mixer panel instead, this is found in the CMedia Audio Configuration panel accessed from the tray icon.

Also just looked on google and found that the Packard Bell TV card is a clone of the LifeView FlyTV 30 (Flyvideo 2000) so you may have better luck on the LifeView website if looking for drivers.

Anim
Anim

[CrispyXUK]

I only have one input, as I have a pro soundcard, I just need the drivers I think

[Anim]

See my edit above ^