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Originally Posted by phuocle

Hmmm. So how do I set up my ATI TV Wonder 650 with Beyond TV so that HD materials are captured as MPEG2? I've already specified the Preferred Recording File Format to MPEG2 in the Settings menu. Is there something else I need to do?

In the mean time, I'll give HDTV2DVD a try.

Thanks!

Try Setup Recordings --> Recordings Setting and Priorities --> choose the particular show you have scheduled to record and see if you can change the recording quality...that is if you have not already tried this.

I used to burn lots of DVDs but got tired of it. About 14 months ago purchased a network media player and hooked it to my 55" LCD HDTV. Now I just stream the ts or tp file as is to my TV via a LAN cable. When we are done watching we delete it. Every once in a while we will want to archive a show and that is when I reach for HDTV2DVD.

What I really like about HDTV2DVD is that it keeps the aspect ratio perfectly. The resulting DVD plays full wide screen just like commercial DVDs and looks as good or better. When I record HD using my PVR250 analog cap card the PQ is good but there are black borders all around the picture and PQ falls off when I zoom to full screen.