are you sure 'scantv .xawtv' found the right TV channels? On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 03:31:07PM -0800, Robin wrote: :Hi all, : :It seems people are talking about TV cards reception here. Maybe someone :can help me with my problem. I am having a problem with reception of :only Channel 14. The picture and sound are very fuzzy only on my :computer, it's fine with the TV in the living room. : :I think it is a hardware problem, any idea? : :Robin : :-----Original Message----- :From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Richard Wenninger :Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 10:50 AM :To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :Subject: Re: [expert] TV Card Reccomendations : : :You should make sure all your outlets are properly grounded... via that :third :prong. hold the tv cable, with it disconnected from your pc... and :touch the :metal part of the pc case... see if you get a little tingly... it may be :that :your're getting voltage bleeding in/out through your cable line, and it :may :not be enough to notice by touch. I have this same problem, and I CAN :tell :by touch. It makes for a very noisy picture. : :On Tuesday 11 December 2001 12:40 am, you wrote: :> On Mon, 2001-12-10 at 19:58, Ed Tharp wrote: :> > Almoxt any brooktree848 based card should work good, my cheap winTV :> > card works great for mem and does good video capture to. I believe :> > the difference would be to have the PCI based card (as opposed to :> > the USB). :> :> Does anyone who has a WinTV card have any secrets to share about how :> they cleaned up the picture? My card was recognized, and i am able to :> display video through it, but, the picture is distorted with line :> noise. The display is crawling with video worms. I can drive a TV set :> directly off the same coax and get a perfectly beautiful picture but :> when i display the signal through my WinTV card it looks really :> sloppy. I have tried iron torroids on the coax as well as replacing my : :> standard coax with shielded, low noise coax, nothing seems to help. I :> am guessing that the WinTV card is picking up RF from inside my box :> but I would have thought that Hauppauge would have planned on that. :> Any assistance would be appreciated. Thanks. :> :> Traci : : : :_________________________________________________________ :Do You Yahoo!? :Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com : :
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