Hi,

I have a ATI TV Wonder HD 650 Series which I believe is capable of getting Digital signal, however, I think I am getting analog instead.  (1) Is there anyway I can confirm what type of signal I am getting and (2) is there anyway to switch from Analog to digital?

Currently, Time Warner is sending both digital and analog signals.  When I use my TV I see channel 2 (for example) and channel 2.1 (i.e. 2 is analog and 2.1 is digital), however I don't see 2.1 in Windows Media Center and the quality appears to be analog.

Thanks.

Alex

If you are connected to cable TV as your source, then you will not be getting HD programming...analog only. 

MC does not natively support HDTV delivered via QAM (cable TV standard) except with specific tuners.  Search "unencrypted QAM" and you will find lots of posts on this subject.

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MCE 1: Dimension 9200 - Vista Ult, 2.4GHz Q6600 Core2Quad, 4GB RAM, 160GB, 750GB, 500GB USB, Nvidia 8300GS, PVR-150, HDTV Wonder, Vbox 3560, X360, DMA2100

MCE 2: HP m376n - MCE 2005, 2.6 P4 w/HT, 1GB RAM, 250GB, 400GB USB HD, Nvidia 6200, Emuzed MAUI

Thanks for your answer. 

Can you or anyone elaborate of your comment "MC does not natively support HDTV delivered via QAM (cable TV standard) except with specific tuners" as far as what tuners can support HDTV? 

Thank you in advance.

Alex

Search the forums.  This subject has been discussed many times.  I gave you a search string in my previous post that will lead you to this information.

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MCE 1: Dimension 9200 - Vista Ult, 2.4GHz Q6600 Core2Quad, 4GB RAM, 160GB, 750GB, 500GB USB, Nvidia 8300GS, PVR-150, HDTV Wonder, Vbox 3560, X360, DMA2100

MCE 2: HP m376n - MCE 2005, 2.6 P4 w/HT, 1GB RAM, 250GB, 400GB USB HD, Nvidia 6200, Emuzed MAUI

Great.  Thanks so much. 

Now, the only question left is, how can I tell if the signal coming in is digital or analog?  Is there some indication given by WMC?

Thanks.

Alex

alexlimbert:

Great.  Thanks so much. 

Now, the only question left is, how can I tell if the signal coming in is digital or analog?  Is there some indication given by WMC?

Thanks.

Alex

Maybe the conclusion from the previous posts wasn't clear to you. Your signal is analog. The only way to get a digital signal is if you are using an ATSC tuner for digital over the air, an ATI CableCard tuner with digital cable ready PC for encryped and unencrypted digital over cable or an HDHomeRun for uncrypted digital over cable or over the air.

The last quasi-digital option is if you use an STB and record off of the S-Video output of the STB with a video capture card. While your original signal is digital in this scenaro it gets converted to an analog signal by your STB in order to output it through S-Video.

Thanks, it was clear, but if you read my last (and very first #1) question again, you should be able to see that I am not asking if I have I analog or not, I am asking if WMC has some type of indication (e.g. a temporary info bar display saying digital, a channel number such as 4.1 (vs 4), a display that shows 1080i (vs. NTSC), etc.)? 

In short, how does one know when the signal coming in is analog or digital in WMC?  How does WMC communicate the signal type?

 

alexlimbert:

Thanks, it was clear, but if you read my last (and very first #1) question again, you should be able to see that I am not asking if I have I analog or not, I am asking if WMC has some type of indication (e.g. a temporary info bar display saying digital, a channel number such as 4.1 (vs 4), a display that shows 1080i (vs. NTSC), etc.)? 

In short, how does one know when the signal coming in is analog or digital in WMC?  How does WMC communicate the signal type?

 

During the TV setup it should tell you what kind of tuner(s) it detected. If it detects analog tuner(s) you know the signal is analog, if it detects digitial tuner(s) it's digital. Since media center doesn't support multiple sources it's one or the other. The exception is if you have ATSC tuner(s) in addition, but it seperates those by putting the ATSC channels above 1000, so you know that you get digital when you tune to one of those channels even if your other channels are analog.

Got it now.  Thank you for the explanation.