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RAILhead · Oct 10, 2004, 12:07 PM

Hey all

Here's a screen shot of my TV window generated by my Miglia AlchemyTV DVR:

It's TOTALLY fuzzy, and my assumption was that the image would *not* be fuzzy like this. Is this normal? Can any fellow AlchemyTV DVR users post screen shots of their video output?

TIA,
Maury

fireside · Oct 10, 2004, 12:16 PM

its cause you're watching Fox.

Weezer · Oct 10, 2004, 12:27 PM

It depends on your cable system. some of my channels look great some look off, but they look off on a normal TV screen too.

PacHead · Oct 10, 2004, 12:47 PM

I'm waiting on a box that has a digital input before I buy one. I don't believe any exist yet for mac. Many cable systems are digital now, they should make an eyetv that is Dig Cable ready.

Weezer · Oct 10, 2004, 01:06 PM

since you asked:

it looks better on the screen than it does in a screenshot.

gerbnl · Oct 10, 2004, 01:29 PM

Originally posted by RAILhead:
Can any fellow AlchemyTV DVR users post screen shots of their video output?

Here you go:

Quality varies wildly however, some channels are as good as this, some are as fuzzy as what you posted...

effgee · Oct 10, 2004, 01:53 PM

some are perfect ...

some suck $�!& ...

needless to say, on the regular tv set they're all perfect ... I suspect it's the tuning software not being able to find the best frequency ... then again ... I tried to manually fine-tune some of the really crappy channels a couple of times with no improvement whatsoever ... maybe that Phillips tuner is simply not as good as it should be ...

Gankdawg · Oct 10, 2004, 03:29 PM

Originally posted by fireside:
its cause you're watching Fox.

Knock it off.

demograph68 · Oct 10, 2004, 03:36 PM

Originally posted by fireside:
its cause you're watching Fox.

scottiB · Oct 10, 2004, 04:02 PM

Originally posted by RAILhead:
Is this normal? Can any fellow AlchemyTV DVR users post screen shots of their video output?

TIA,
Maury

Have you tried adjusting the preferences?

Preferences>Video Input? There are presets (off, basic, extended, best), or you can finetune per channel.

fireside · Oct 10, 2004, 04:07 PM

Originally posted by Gankdawg:
Knock it off.

knock your sig off.

RAILhead · Oct 10, 2004, 04:20 PM

Originally posted by scottiB:
Have you tried adjusting the preferences?

Preferences>Video Input? There are presets (off, basic, extended, best), or you can finetune per channel.

Yeah, it's looking like a not-so-great signal due to the old cable in the house. I plugged up a couple of different TVs to the same input, and you can see the "snowing" on the larger screens -- but the new cable drop (using the high-end cabling) has a much better signal.

Oh well, at least I know how to run cable, etc., so I may just completely re-drop this line (once get irritated enough with the picture to justify crawling through my attic).

Thanks.
Maury

Gankdawg · Oct 10, 2004, 05:30 PM

Originally posted by fireside:
knock your sig off.

Why? You don't understand binary?

fireside · Oct 10, 2004, 06:20 PM

Originally posted by Gankdawg:
Why? You don't understand binary?

the other part genius.

Gankdawg · Oct 10, 2004, 09:55 PM

Originally posted by fireside:
the other part genius.

I forgot the smiley, my bad.

Forgot the sarcasm tag too.

RAILhead · Oct 11, 2004, 12:44 PM

Odd. I recorded a show last night and it looks perfect:

I wonder, could the image be better because I wasn't watching while recording? I had the TV window closed, and recording was going in the background. Does that make a difference in anyone's experience?

TIA,
Maury