Watching Streams on TV

[akash]

Is it possible to use SnapStream on a TV (like TIVO)?

Has anyone watched the captured streams on a TV?

Is this possible? And if it is, what's the quality like?

Anyone know of alternatives if this is not possible?

Thanks,
Akash

[bluchez]

Many snapstream users ONLY use the software on their TVs. I have a box specifically built to run SnapStream and other useful software ( i.e., DVD player, music player, etc. ). I have it hooked up to my TV and entertainment system all of the time. I am completely satisfied with quality, and don't think I would notice any difference between watching TV on my digital cable box, watching live TV though snapstream, or watching my recorded programs.

[Chimpware]

I have Snapstream running on a dedicated PC connected to my home theater where in the past I have had a DirecTivo, and a ReplayTV.

All 3 have similar, if not identical picture quality depending on settings.

I actually prefer many of the features in Snapstream and response time is quicker than other systems for menus, etc.

[TomZ]

Yes, it works great. My system does not even have a monitor attached, just a TV. Other than being a little hard to read sometimes when in Windows, there are no problems.

[Cayars]

Same here as TomZ. Only problem is hard to read fonts when in "regular" windows.

Carlo

[TomZ]

Oh, by the way, one thing to do when running windows on a TV is to go to the display properties : advanced settings and select a larger DPI. This helps a lot with the readability.

[glennm]

I have a question for all of you guys that have it working, I noticed that you have the ati and pvs250, are you using the pvs250 for the input signal and using the ati 9000 for the output back to the TV via S-video?

[V_D_O]

Yes. The PVR250 is only the encoder here. The video card outputs the signal to the TV. If you had a PVR350, that would also output MPEG video to the TV (but not from PVS).