|
Hardware Support Discussions related to using various hardware setups with SageTV products. Anything relating to capture cards, remotes, infrared receivers/transmitters, system compatibility or other hardware related problems or suggestions should be posted here. |
|
Thread Tools | Search this Thread | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Poor image quality with Hauppage PVR-500 on lower channels
I am on analog cable with Shaw Cable in Canada. I've had my PVR-500 for 3 years now and the image quality of the lower channels (2-9) have never been the best. I always thought that I could just blame Shaw for it, but yesterday I placed a service call, and when the technician made all his tests, the signal was optimum. He then plugged my feed in his TV and the lower channels were "perfect". So now I have to blame my capture card?
Why would it do that? and only on lower channels?
__________________
itsa Server: Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 @ 2.33GHz, ASUS P5QL, 3GB RAM, 750 GB USB drive, WinTV-HVR-2250 Dual Tuner 2 SageTV Media Extender: MediaMVP (wired) Software: SageTV 7.0.23 WHS |
#2
|
||||
|
||||
Those lower channels are in a completely different frequency band, so there is something in your tuner that is impairing it's ability to cleanly tune those channels.
__________________
Buy Fuzzy a beer! (Fuzzy likes beer) unRAID Server: i7-6700, 32GB RAM, Dual 128GB SSD cache and 13TB pool, with SageTVv9, openDCT, Logitech Media Server and Plex Media Server each in Dockers. Sources: HRHR Prime with Charter CableCard. HDHR-US for OTA. Primary Client: HD-300 through XBoxOne in Living Room, Samsung HLT-6189S Other Clients: Mi Box in Master Bedroom, HD-200 in kids room |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
I have the latest drivers from Hauppage so would it be that the tuner is getting old and whatever is impairing it is not repairable?
__________________
itsa Server: Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 @ 2.33GHz, ASUS P5QL, 3GB RAM, 750 GB USB drive, WinTV-HVR-2250 Dual Tuner 2 SageTV Media Extender: MediaMVP (wired) Software: SageTV 7.0.23 WHS |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
Lower channels always seem to be the most affected by poor signals and interference. The PVR500 also has an internal splitter that degrades the signal after it enters the card (and there is no amplification done by the PVR500). To be honest, my Hauppauge PVR500 was my worst capture card. I preferred my Avermedia Purity 500MCE over my Hauppauge PVR500. They both were dual tuner cards, but the Avermedia didn't have the signal degradation that my HP PVR500 had. When I was using analog cable, I had my tuner merits set to the Avermedia tuners to be used before the PVR500 with the hopes of rarely having to use it. When I switched to Dish, I started using my PVR500 for composite capture which it did flawlessly so it was definitely the tuners that was causing the problem. The complaints of the HP PVR500 are long and well documented (there were 2 versions and one of the versions had terrible tuners, i can't remember what the difference is as it has been a few years).
__________________
Sage Server: AMD Athlon II 630, Asrock 785G motherboard, 3GB of RAM, 500GB OS HD in RAID 1 and 2 - 750GB Recording Drives, HDHomerun, Avermedia HD Duet & 2-HDPVRs, and 9.0TB storage in RAID 5 via Dell Perc 5i for DVD storage Source: Clear QAM and OTA for locals, 2-DishNetwork VIP211's Clients: 2 Sage HD300's, 2 Sage HD200's, 2 Sage HD100's, 1 MediaMVP, and 1 Placeshifter |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
I experienced the same thing and never used the Tuner cards for recording anything I cared about. It was a waste from day one. It did well getting input from S-video and composite as previously mentioned, but that was it.
|
#6
|
|||
|
|||
The problems started when they switched to the Samsung tuners. That said, I love my original 500, and when I got the second with the Samsung tuners and had a problem...Hauppauge has the best customer service I've seen. I don't know what they can do now because of the digital transition, but I'd contact them for an RMA. My 500's are still plugging away on S-Video
|
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
HD-PVR poor HD quality, and TME is 'stuck' at an input quality of 720 x 480... | judoGTI | Hardware Support | 1 | 03-18-2009 07:48 PM |
Poor video quality on some channels | JmpnJimBob | Hardware Support | 6 | 12-24-2007 12:13 PM |
poor quality in my pvr-500 amp didn't help | Dekard | Hardware Support | 1 | 09-21-2006 02:07 PM |
PVR-500 Image quality | mazakmaster | Hardware Support | 4 | 06-30-2006 07:13 AM |
asus pvr-416 (conexant c23880x lower quality) | fcollman | Hardware Support | 7 | 07-26-2005 09:56 PM |