Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: "Nick Ferguson" Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.problems.pc Subject: Wee Hauppauge problem... Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 23:31:55 +0100 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 32 Message-ID: <6hlro9$3li26@chuka.playstation.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: modem085.saqnet.co.uk X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1712.3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.71.1712.3 Hi there! I got myself the Hauppauge Primio Model 406 (with teletext etc) and I can run PAL and NTSC stuff in colour no problem. Excellent! The only slight downer is that the picture doesn't look as good as it did when run through my TV's RGB scart socket. There is definite flickering in the picture which is quite noticable in patches of certain colours (ie Wipeout 2097's loading screens) and I think that the frame rate is maybe not all that great - playing certain games (especially James Rutherford's Snowball Fight demo) leads to fairly horrific "blur" and ghosting. Hmmm. I'm running it on an Intel P133 with 32 Megs, with a Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 with 2MB RAM. My regular screen rez is 800x600 at 16-bit, but I've tried 640x480 and at 24-bit on both settings. No effect! I also tried different refresh rates - 60 to 72 Hz with similar non-results... The only thing I can think of is that my PC isn't quite quick enough - do you need a ninja processor for smooth update or what? Is there anything anyone can think of to improve the picture? I was a bit hacked off with the results at first, but fiddling with the colour settings has made things look a lot better. I just wish this little niggle could sort itself out! I'm using an S-Video cable which has worked fine in the past to connect the Yaroze to the PC, BTW... Nick F -------------------------------- nickf@saqnet.co.uk http://www.saqnet.co.uk/users/nickf/index.html http://www.n64gazetta.com http://www.netyaroze-europe.com/~rookie1 ICQ #: 9464742