Picture Quality

[nperez]

I'm in a quandry and would welcome some help. My setup is BTV4 with a Haupagge PVR-500 and a PVR-150 all running on a Gateway 1.6 Mhz Pentium w/half a gig of RAM. My old TV was a 32" old fashioned CRT. My new TV is a Samsung 61" High Def TV. I've run comparisons on both TV's, looking at standard definition only and I've found that no matter what I try, including tech support's suggestions, the picture quality remains significantly lower than I get with straight cable or my cable box. Are there better video input cards I should be using? Any suggestions? If I want to upgrade my setup to HD, any suggestions on which cards to go with? Is my PC fast enough? Am I being unrealistic in my expectations, particularly with the 61" TV? I'm totally new to video capturing.

[nanook105]

Originally Posted by nperez

I'm in a quandry and would welcome some help. My setup is BTV4 with a Haupagge PVR-500 and a PVR-150 all running on a Gateway 1.6 Mhz Pentium w/half a gig of RAM. My old TV was a 32" old fashioned CRT. My new TV is a Samsung 61" High Def TV. I've run comparisons on both TV's, looking at standard definition only and I've found that no matter what I try, including tech support's suggestions, the picture quality remains significantly lower than I get with straight cable or my cable box. Are there better video input cards I should be using? Any suggestions? If I want to upgrade my setup to HD, any suggestions on which cards to go with? Is my PC fast enough? Am I being unrealistic in my expectations, particularly with the 61" TV? I'm totally new to video capturing.

What video card are you using ?
What recording qualities are you using ?
What decoder are you using ?