02-05-2008
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Re: Can I use both ATI & Hauppauge TV tuners?
CRT and Plasma TVs were known to have burn in problems in the past. LCD ,
DLP and LCOS TVs do not have this problem
"xiowan" <xiowan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:345E8163-D403-4FFD-BD28-3B64B6EAF6F9@microsoft.com...
> Does it damage the analog tv or LCD monitors to display a lot of
> programming
> with the black bars all the time? I've heard that it damages some types
> of
> displays......something about "burn in"?
>
> "Curious" wrote:
>
>> They will do the same thing they do today. They add black side bars to
>> the
>> actual video to create a 16:9 image and then upscale it to 720p or 1080i
>> using very expensive hardware equipment which greatly improves the
>> picture
>> quality. Of course they are not required to upscale it so a lot of it
>> will
>> remain unchanged and be provided in digital 480i as it is today.
>> Note that all HD programs are digital, but all digital is not HD most of
>> it
>> is SD.
>> "xiowan" <xiowan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news 6D27B13-3103-4CED-8239-21D4B3133F2D@microsoft.com...
>> > Wow.......you're a goldmine of information! Maybe you can tell me what
>> > cable
>> > & satelite will do with their vast archive of SD movies & programming
>> > in
>> > 4/3
>> > screen ratio when they broadcast it in digital? Will they reformat it
>> > to
>> > fill 16x9 screens with the resulting loss of quality or will it be just
>> > digitalized in the current 4x3 screen? Personally I don't like zooming
>> > in
>> > to
>> > fill up the screen; the picture doesn't look natural and you lose part
>> > of
>> > the scene.
>> >
>> > xiowan........in tucson
>> >
>> > "Curious" wrote:
>> >
>> >> I believe that they are required to continue to supply analog for all
>> >> current OTA channels that they currently support till 2012. When you
>> >> consider all of the TVs in homes connected to analog cable only it is
>> >> envisioned that they will continue to supply analog cable for many
>> >> years
>> >> since it they stop their customers might switch to satellite
>> >> especially
>> >> those in locations that can not receive digital OTA broadcasts.
>> >> "xiowan" <xiowan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:B3EFB743-17B5-46CF-836E-C0D3B76C8102@microsoft.com...
>> >> >
>> >> > Hi again"Curious"
>> >> > I'll undoubtedly do that but I kinda wonder how long the cable
>> >> > channels
>> >> > will continue to support analog transmissions. There must be a
>> >> > limit
>> >> > to
>> >> > how
>> >> > much bandwidth they have available on their cables until they go all
>> >> > fiber
>> >> > optics. They already are using that little cable for analog, some
>> >> > HD,
>> >> > high-speed internet and phone service. I'm guessing they will be
>> >> > glad
>> >> > when
>> >> > they can drop analog and add more HD and faster than ever internet.
>> >> > Guess
>> >> > time will tell. By the way, you were absolutely right about using
>> >> > two
>> >> > different brand tv tuners. I've installed the Hauppauge tuner and
>> >> > Vista
>> >> > 64-bit automatically installed the drivers and then downloaded a
>> >> > sound
>> >> > update. It seems to be working just fine. When the Hauppauge was
>> >> > in
>> >> > the
>> >> > other pc I thought it had a bit better picture but on this pc the
>> >> > ATI
>> >> > seems
>> >> > to be slightly better but it is using newer drivers from ATI. I
>> >> > couldn't
>> >> > find any 64-bit drivers for the PVR150 on the Hauppauge site....it
>> >> > said
>> >> > to
>> >> > use the built-in drivers and they seem ok.
>> >> >
>> >> > xiowan..........in tucson
>> >> >
>> >> > "Curious" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> Well you could also switch to cable instead of using an antenna
>> >> >> since
>> >> >> analog
>> >> >> cable is not going away.
>> >> >> "xiowan" <xiowan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> >> news:12713011-0FE6-41BE-B56C-FF26B3375C6F@microsoft.com...
>> >> >> > Hello "Curious":
>> >> >> > Thanks for the reply! That is certainly good news........at
>> >> >> > least
>> >> >> > until
>> >> >> > Feb, 2009 when neither one will work without adding a digital to
>> >> >> > analog
>> >> >> > box.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > xiowan.........in tucson
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > "Curious" wrote:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> Yes you can as long as you use the same EPG for both analog
>> >> >> >> tuners.
>> >> >> >> "xiowan" <xiowan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> >> >> news:C6FEDA1B-7C31-44BE-B832-DD8BF989B943@microsoft.com...
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > Hello all:
>> >> >> >> > I just sold one of my pc's and would like to keep the
>> >> >> >> > Hauppauge
>> >> >> >> > TV
>> >> >> >> > tunâ™*r
>> >> >> >> > made for Media Center 2005 or Vista Media Center and install
>> >> >> >> > it
>> >> >> >> > as
>> >> >> >> > the
>> >> >> >> > 2nd
>> >> >> >> > tuner in my Vista Ultimate PC. That pc already has an ATI
>> >> >> >> > Theater
>> >> >> >> > 550
>> >> >> >> > Pro
>> >> >> >> > tuner and I wasn't sure if I could mix two different brands
>> >> >> >> > without
>> >> >> >> > problems
>> >> >> >> > in Vista. I have downloaded the latest Hauppauge
>> >> >> >> > Vista/MCE2005
>> >> >> >> > drivers
>> >> >> >> > and
>> >> >> >> > would be using them after Vista installs the built in drivers
>> >> >> >> > for
>> >> >> >> > the
>> >> >> >> > Hauppauge tuner. Anyone know if I can mix tuner brands in
>> >> >> >> > Vista
>> >> >> >> > without
>> >> >> >> > probs?
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > xiowan.......in tucson
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >>
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