ATI video capture card: analog channels black&white

huge · 11-02-2009, 03:39 PM

First of all, this is a question about a video capture card, not a graphics adapter - if it belongs in a different forum, let me know...

I have a Visiontek (made by ATI) TV Wonder HD 650 PCIe card in a Vista Ultimate HTPC system. When I set it up I plugged in my Comcast cable to the digital input jack of the card (didn't really understand the difference - that was just the first thing I tried). I picked up 35 digital channels, with decent color and picture quality.

I recently realized that I wasn't getting all the channels that I can tune with my old analog-cable-ready VCR, so I started playing around with the 650 card. I switched the cable to the analog input jack and re-ran TV setup in Windows Media Center. It found several channels (perhaps the same list that my VCR can tune), but they're all in black and white. In the 650 manual troubleshooting section it says that if this happens you should check your connections, but I'm using the same connection that I use for the VCR, and the VCR pulls in these channels in color.

Any thoughts on what I can do to get these analog channels in color?

thanks for any advice...

11-02-2009, 03:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
huge Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1 OS: XP SP3	ATI video capture card: analog channels black&white First of all, this is a question about a video capture card, not a graphics adapter - if it belongs in a different forum, let me know... I have a Visiontek (made by ATI) TV Wonder HD 650 PCIe card in a Vista Ultimate HTPC system. When I set it up I plugged in my Comcast cable to the digital input jack of the card (didn't really understand the difference - that was just the first thing I tried). I picked up 35 digital channels, with decent color and picture quality. I recently realized that I wasn't getting all the channels that I can tune with my old analog-cable-ready VCR, so I started playing around with the 650 card. I switched the cable to the analog input jack and re-ran TV setup in Windows Media Center. It found several channels (perhaps the same list that my VCR can tune), but they're all in black and white. In the 650 manual troubleshooting section it says that if this happens you should check your connections, but I'm using the same connection that I use for the VCR, and the VCR pulls in these channels in color. Any thoughts on what I can do to get these analog channels in color? thanks for any advice...