Video Asylum TVs, VCRs, DVD players, Home Theater systems and more.

---

[ Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] Thread: [ Display  All  Email ] [ Video Asylum ]

---

[ Alert Moderator ]

---

RE: Windows Media Center, recording TV shows

Posted by blue_z (A) on November 7, 2011 at 19:37:11

In Reply to: Windows Media Center, recording TV shows posted by cdb on November 7, 2011 at 15:09:15:

> The first thing I discovered was that the laptop tuner needed a signal strength of 90% or better to avoid pixelization.

Is this with just one antenna at one location? If you have not tested this out at various locations with ideal reception conditions, then this is a premature/erroneous conclusion. The "signal strength" is not always an accurate measurement in PC software; sometimes it's really a signal quality number. If it is really an indicator of RF signal strength (i.e. received energy), then you might have a multipath condition (which would produce ghosts in analog TV). A multipath condition is known to indicate a strong signal (since you're receiving several copies), but not a consistently single strong one to maintain demodulation. Relocating the antenna and/or changing its height might help.

> Is there a way to use the TV tuner as a source?

Huh? The tuner is being used as a source. That's the peripheral device that is providing the MPEG transport stream.

This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors:

---

[ Top of Page ] [ Contact Us ] [ Support/Wish List ] [ Copyright © 2024, Audio Asylum, all rights reserved ]

---

[ General ] [ Speakers ] [ Tubes ] [ Vinyl ] [ Digital ] [ Hi-Rez ] [ Video Asylum ] [ Cables ] [ Tweaks/DIY ] [ Music ] [ Films ]

---