I got an RCA d52w20 HDTV that has DVI & component inputs, a HD receiver with DVI output from Dish Netwwork and a computer with Haupage winTv, Intel Core 2 duo CPU and Intel integrated graphics G965 chipset.
I greatly appreciated that somebody finally wrote an article about how to inexpensively convert SD signal to look better on the HDTV.
however, here is my dilemma... I bought the gold package from Dish Network featuring 180 channels: 23 channels are HD and the rest come in SD.
my approach was to hook up the HD Dish receiver directly to the HDTV using the DVI connectors that both have. that would give me the best picture for HD channels ( 1080i) but what do I do about the 150 SD channels?
you suggested that I should put the computer between the HD receiver and the HDTV and use DSCALER to improve the quality of the SD channels... if i do that, what is going to happen to my 23 HD channels that come in HD from the receiver to the computer?
is it possible that hook up the HD dish receiver directly to the TV using the DVI connector and also hook up the HD receiver to the computer using RGB or SVIDEO cables? in my mind, if i can pull this through, I will keep my HD quality for the 23 HD channels and get better quality for the 150 SD channels... the only downside I see is the need to change input source for the hdtv... need to select dvi input for HD and s-video input when watching SD....
do you think there is a better way? how should I optimize this configuration ? your advice will be greatly appreciated.
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I got an RCA d52w20 HDTV that has DVI & component inputs, a HD receiver with DVI output from Dish Netwwork and a computer with Haupage winTv, Intel Core 2 duo CPU and Intel integrated graphics G965 chipset.
I greatly appreciated that somebody finally wrote an article about how to inexpensively convert SD signal to look better on the HDTV.
however, here is my dilemma... I bought the gold package from Dish Network featuring 180 channels: 23 channels are HD and the rest come in SD.
my approach was to hook up the HD Dish receiver directly to the HDTV using the DVI connectors that both have. that would give me the best picture for HD channels ( 1080i) but what do I do about the 150 SD channels?
you suggested that I should put the computer between the HD receiver and the HDTV and use DSCALER to improve the quality of the SD channels... if i do that, what is going to happen to my 23 HD channels that come in HD from the receiver to the computer?
is it possible that hook up the HD dish receiver directly to the TV using the DVI connector and also hook up the HD receiver to the computer using RGB or SVIDEO cables? in my mind, if i can pull this through, I will keep my HD quality for the 23 HD channels and get better quality for the 150 SD channels... the only downside I see is the need to change input source for the hdtv... need to select dvi input for HD and s-video input when watching SD....
do you think there is a better way? how should I optimize this configuration ? your advice will be greatly appreciated.
best regards,
Marius