PCI Freeview Card Through DVI or HDMI On and LCD, Any Better?

[t_aitch]

I was originally thinking about purchasing an LCD screen, however i wanted to use it for displaying freeview content, as i live in portsmouth which isnt HD ready yet on telewest and i havent got the reddies for Sky.

After deciding on a sharp p50e screen because of their ability to show good analogue signals, i was then thinking about another route....

....Im also in the process of building a HTPC with a good freeview tuner. This HTPC will connect using the DVI or HDMI input on the LCD.

The crunch question is, if i was using a freeview card on a HTPC and was inputted to the LCD through a Digital input, will this dramatically improve the image quality if it was say to be used on a higher resolution screen (for example one of the samsung panels?)

If this was possible this would widen my selection of LCD panels meaning that i wouldnt be limited to just the sharp.

Any opinions or help would be appreciated greatly!

Thanks

[Bluecube]

I would say no. Freeview signals aren't particularly high quality to start of with so I seriously doubt you'd notice much difference between plugging in a good Freeivew box compared to a HTPC.

[Funkstar]

it is possible that an HTPC could give out a better looking picture than a regular DVB-T decoder. But it would depend on the software, MPEG-2 decoder and what (if any) filters are being used on the video stream.

Have a hunt about for some information on dScaler to see what is possible with some decent software filters.