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George Economos
Okay to start I am one of those suckers that managed to get his AIW 9800
working with MCE
I split my cable sending one signal to my STB and the other to my AIW 9800.
Both are hooked up to my Yamaha A/V receiver using a composite RCA
connection.
That being said the picture quality while watching TV from the MCE leaves a
lot to be desired. The colors seem to be washed out and not as vibrant when
compared to the output of my STB. ( From what I understand I should expect
this )
Now some questions:
(1) What components in MCE are responsible for displaying TV?
If understand it correctly the encoder (ATIMCE) captures the tv stream and
encodes it into mpeg-2. Next the DVD decoder is used to decode and display
the TV picture.
(2) If this is correct will trying different decoders effect the quality of
the picture?
BTW - I thought I was using the ATI decoder but after I executed the command
DVDUPGRD /detect it showed I was using Cyberlink's decoder. ( I don't
remember installing PowerDVD nor does it show up in Add/Remove Programs ).
I still need to run GraphEdit to be sure but cannot do so since I use Remote
Desktop and UltraVNC to administrate MCE box.
(3) Are there any tweak apps I can use to adjust the picture quality from my
AIW 9800 to my television? The ATI control panel has a setting for adjusting
the contrast and color saturation for the tv, these are already set to there
maximum values.
Sorry for the long winded post. Awaiting some great advice.
George Economos
working with MCE
I split my cable sending one signal to my STB and the other to my AIW 9800.
Both are hooked up to my Yamaha A/V receiver using a composite RCA
connection.
That being said the picture quality while watching TV from the MCE leaves a
lot to be desired. The colors seem to be washed out and not as vibrant when
compared to the output of my STB. ( From what I understand I should expect
this )
Now some questions:
(1) What components in MCE are responsible for displaying TV?
If understand it correctly the encoder (ATIMCE) captures the tv stream and
encodes it into mpeg-2. Next the DVD decoder is used to decode and display
the TV picture.
(2) If this is correct will trying different decoders effect the quality of
the picture?
BTW - I thought I was using the ATI decoder but after I executed the command
DVDUPGRD /detect it showed I was using Cyberlink's decoder. ( I don't
remember installing PowerDVD nor does it show up in Add/Remove Programs ).
I still need to run GraphEdit to be sure but cannot do so since I use Remote
Desktop and UltraVNC to administrate MCE box.
(3) Are there any tweak apps I can use to adjust the picture quality from my
AIW 9800 to my television? The ATI control panel has a setting for adjusting
the contrast and color saturation for the tv, these are already set to there
maximum values.
Sorry for the long winded post. Awaiting some great advice.
George Economos