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I recently had weaKnees upgarde my TiVo S3 box and while it was out for the upgrade I installed my Comcast cable box (no DVR) in it's place and immediately noticed that the picture qualilty was noticeably better with the cable box. Same cable connections etc. Since I thought everything is more or less digital I was very suprised to see such a difference in the picture. Is this normal or is something wrong with my TiVo?
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If you are using HDMI, there should be no difference. -
I used the same HDMI cable and I too thought the image qulaity between the two boxes would be the same but there is a noticeable difference. The cable box is clearly a better picture. I don't beleive the picture quality is at all related to the S3 hard drive change. Do you have any suggestions for improving the quality of my S3 picture?Comment
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Could the S3 be set to a different resolution output? Have you tried pressing the Format button on the front of the TiVo to cycle through the options?Been here a long time . . .Comment
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Thanks for trying to help. The output setting has not changed and is set for 1080i. As mentioned earlier, the Comcast non-DVR box produces a noticably better picture than my TiVo S3 when connected to the systme with all the same cables and settings as the S3...all I did was switch devices. Could it be the video board in the TiVo?Comment
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Could be - but considering they're both just relaying a digital signal sent by the cable company with no change, I doubt it. I don't really know that there is a video board in the old way of thinking - there's no digital to analog converter or vice versa if it's HD.Been here a long time . . .Comment
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I understand what you mean about the "video board." I never thought of that. Something is going on. I am going to carefully run another comparison test this weekend before looking in to the matter furhter. Thanks again for your comments.Comment
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At the very least, try swapping cables and inputs to see if that matters at all.Been here a long time . . .Comment
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