HVR-2250 a Mistake?

[heatvent]

I have the HVR-2250 and love the concept. However, I am getting ghosting/poor quality with analog. I am wondering if this is because the 2250 has only one cable connection and must split the signal at least 2 if not 4 ways? Anyone have any thoughts on this? I am thinking I may be better off with 2 HVR-1800's and using a powered splitter.

[paulbeers]

Originally Posted by heatvent

I have the HVR-2250 and love the concept. However, I am getting ghosting/poor quality with analog. I am wondering if this is because the 2250 has only one cable connection and must split the signal at least 2 if not 4 ways? Anyone have any thoughts on this? I am thinking I may be better off with 2 HVR-1800's and using a powered splitter.

While I can't compare the HVR2250 to the HVR1800, my HVR2250 is superior to my PVR500. Two things: One, what is the recording quality set to? I recommend the 3.2GB/Hr setting. Secondly why not amplify the signal coming into the HVr2250? That should have about the same affect as amplifying the signal after the splitter.

[heatvent]

Originally Posted by paulbeers

While I can't compare the HVR2250 to the HVR1800, my HVR2250 is superior to my PVR500. Two things: One, what is the recording quality set to? I recommend the 3.2GB/Hr setting. Secondly why not amplify the signal coming into the HVr2250? That should have about the same affect as amplifying the signal after the splitter.

I have it set at whatever the standard setting is out of the box and the signal is already amplified. I have also tried it with only 1 split (for my cable modem) and the picture is better on analog but still has ghosting. Compared to my Motorola cable box which has a crystal clear picture, the HVR2250 seems to lag behind. I also tried an Asus PE9400 that I have with similar results to the HVR2250. I guess I am just disappointed with the PC based tuners. The Motorola box seems to have a much superior picture with no lag.

[loomdog32]

Originally Posted by paulbeers

While I can't compare the HVR2250 to the HVR1800, my HVR2250 is superior to my PVR500. Two things: One, what is the recording quality set to? I recommend the 3.2GB/Hr setting. Secondly why not amplify the signal coming into the HVr2250? That should have about the same affect as amplifying the signal after the splitter.

I use 1.2gb/hr for both my 1600 and 1800. I notice that there is some "static" or you might call it ghosting via analog (this goes away at 3.2gb/hr). And Im behind a 4 way split at the house, then a 2 way split in the room then another 4 way split for the 4 tuners. i get between 85-95% signal strength on qam..

If you want to see quality like what you see on your STB, set the recording quality to the highest setting.

[heatvent]

I will try setting the recording quality higher. Just to be clear (no pun intended) the ghosting I am talking about is if there is say a word being broadcast, you see the word clearly but also see a faint image of the word again elsewhere on the screen. This isn't noise or snow, it's a faint duplicate of the original picture. Normally this is due to a weak signal I think, but I don't think that is the case here since my STB can pick it up fine and I only have 1 split from the outside line. It seems like a tuning problem or the HVR2250 internal splits and weakens the signal.