Hello
I am thinking about building a HTPC and using that for TV needs etc.. I have had TV cards in the past (Hauppauge 4400) and when you use a digital satellite/aerial signal the picture is perfect.
I was wondering about something the other day and I wanted your opinions and views please?
I recall watching digital terrestial channels on a TV card on the PC.. for example I was watching E4 which was a digital channel but it was NOT HD.. and it looked PERFECT.. very clear and crips.. not distorted or stretched as it is shown in it's original resolution in a window.
This is the thing.. when I got a Samsung TV (good quality) and I watch the SAME E4 digital channel (non HD) it is being shown on a 1080P LCD TV and it's taking up ALL of the screen and not in a small window.
I can see that when I watch the E4 channel on the LCD TV it looks BAD.. a lot worse than when I viewed it using a PC/LCD Monitor/Digital TV card.
I can look at HD channels on the LCD TV and they look stunning.. and oh when I say non HD (are they called SD channels?) they do not look awful but they don't look as good as they did on the PC setup.
I have a theory and I want your views on it.. when you view a non HD channel on a LCD TV it is somehow changed or stretched to fit a higer resolution than what it is... and THAT is why it looks bad.. but on the PC the same non HD digital E4 channel is shown at it's ORIGINAL size/dimensions in a windows and that is why it looks perfect?
Am I correct , has anyone experienced the same thing?
Thanks in advance.
I am thinking about building a HTPC and using that for TV needs etc.. I have had TV cards in the past (Hauppauge 4400) and when you use a digital satellite/aerial signal the picture is perfect.
I was wondering about something the other day and I wanted your opinions and views please?
I recall watching digital terrestial channels on a TV card on the PC.. for example I was watching E4 which was a digital channel but it was NOT HD.. and it looked PERFECT.. very clear and crips.. not distorted or stretched as it is shown in it's original resolution in a window.
This is the thing.. when I got a Samsung TV (good quality) and I watch the SAME E4 digital channel (non HD) it is being shown on a 1080P LCD TV and it's taking up ALL of the screen and not in a small window.
I can see that when I watch the E4 channel on the LCD TV it looks BAD.. a lot worse than when I viewed it using a PC/LCD Monitor/Digital TV card.
I can look at HD channels on the LCD TV and they look stunning.. and oh when I say non HD (are they called SD channels?) they do not look awful but they don't look as good as they did on the PC setup.
I have a theory and I want your views on it.. when you view a non HD channel on a LCD TV it is somehow changed or stretched to fit a higer resolution than what it is... and THAT is why it looks bad.. but on the PC the same non HD digital E4 channel is shown at it's ORIGINAL size/dimensions in a windows and that is why it looks perfect?
Am I correct , has anyone experienced the same thing?
Thanks in advance.