04-07-2006, 12:09 AM
mikebw Wrote:
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> Your question is sort of overwhelming, but let's
> see-
mikebw, sorry if I was overdoing the post. I'm just excited. (
... I seem to have figured out one part of the issue:
If I use component video rather than S-video for the input to TV, I get the correct aspect ratio in the picture-- such that if I then use the 480i setting on the tuner, I can now use the "ratio" button on the tuner's remote to adjust the picture, channel-by-channel, to get halfway decent results. (I found the info to use the 480i setting in this thread over at the AVS forum: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=7316137#post7316137)
I don't like the fact that apparently every channel broadcasts at a different ratio? Or maybe I still don't have things set correctly...
> "Related question is, what is the optimal cable
> types/setup to use in terms of the hookups. IIRC,
> component is supposed to be better than S-video,
> which is better than composite, which is better
> than coax, right? "
>
> -YES, led by DVI and HDMI, although the physical
> coax cable does have a greater bandwidth than
> composite/S-video, for your applications it should
> be considered the worst.
Yep, that's what I figured.
> In what resolution do you view/record TV on your
> computer via the Alchemy?
640 x 480
> Since it sounds like you don't have a real HDTV,
> and your Alchemy is not HD capable either, then
> you are basically limited to composite, S-video
> and coax.
The Alchemy has coax (for the tuner) input, composite (what I have now coming in from the HDTV tuner, which is working pretty well), and may also have S-vid input, though I think it only has S-vid as output.
> What DVD recorder to you have? Does it have
> component input/output?
DVD recorder is the "Newt Special" -- the Radio Shack Presidian PDR-3222... from what I can see, it has the following inputs/outputs:
coax in
composite in
component out
unfortunately no S-vid ?
... so one problem there is, if I use the component in from the tuner to the TV, I cannot connect the DVD recorder to the TV via component (nor S-vid), so that would only leave composite or coax...
> What TV so you have, are the "S-video (Input 1),
> composite cable (Input 3), and
> component cables (Input 4)" the only inputs?
TV is a Sony KV-27FS120. Five total inputs:
1) Coax
2) Input 1 -- S-vid, composite
3) Input 2 -- composite
4) Input 3 -- composite
5) Input 4 -- component
I think that's right.
> Is this the HDTV tuner you have- LG LST-3510A?
Yup.
> Because if it is there is a DVD player
> built-in.
Yup, which is why I'd think about ditching my crappy #1 DVD player.
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> Your question is sort of overwhelming, but let's
> see-
mikebw, sorry if I was overdoing the post. I'm just excited. (
... I seem to have figured out one part of the issue:
If I use component video rather than S-video for the input to TV, I get the correct aspect ratio in the picture-- such that if I then use the 480i setting on the tuner, I can now use the "ratio" button on the tuner's remote to adjust the picture, channel-by-channel, to get halfway decent results. (I found the info to use the 480i setting in this thread over at the AVS forum: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=7316137#post7316137)
I don't like the fact that apparently every channel broadcasts at a different ratio? Or maybe I still don't have things set correctly...
> "Related question is, what is the optimal cable
> types/setup to use in terms of the hookups. IIRC,
> component is supposed to be better than S-video,
> which is better than composite, which is better
> than coax, right? "
>
> -YES, led by DVI and HDMI, although the physical
> coax cable does have a greater bandwidth than
> composite/S-video, for your applications it should
> be considered the worst.
Yep, that's what I figured.
> In what resolution do you view/record TV on your
> computer via the Alchemy?
640 x 480
> Since it sounds like you don't have a real HDTV,
> and your Alchemy is not HD capable either, then
> you are basically limited to composite, S-video
> and coax.
The Alchemy has coax (for the tuner) input, composite (what I have now coming in from the HDTV tuner, which is working pretty well), and may also have S-vid input, though I think it only has S-vid as output.
> What DVD recorder to you have? Does it have
> component input/output?
DVD recorder is the "Newt Special" -- the Radio Shack Presidian PDR-3222... from what I can see, it has the following inputs/outputs:
coax in
composite in
component out
unfortunately no S-vid ?
... so one problem there is, if I use the component in from the tuner to the TV, I cannot connect the DVD recorder to the TV via component (nor S-vid), so that would only leave composite or coax...
> What TV so you have, are the "S-video (Input 1),
>
> component cables (Input 4)" the only inputs?
TV is a Sony KV-27FS120. Five total inputs:
1) Coax
2) Input 1 -- S-vid, composite
3) Input 2 -- composite
4) Input 3 -- composite
5) Input 4 -- component
I think that's right.
> Is this the HDTV tuner you have- LG LST-3510A?
Yup.
> Because if it is there is a DVD player
> built-in.
Yup, which is why I'd think about ditching my crappy #1 DVD player.