OT: Video signal on monitors

[Matthew Godycki]

While not linux related, I know we have quite the varied crowd at TLUG that is well versed in many technical aspects.  I figured I'd throw this one out there and see if anyone can provide some useful info.

I have a TV Tuner (ATI TV Wonder Pro) in one of my machines that I occasionally use to watch tv.  On top of that, I occasionally plug in other devices into the card using composite inputs (the TV Wonder Pro comes with a convenient lil' box that has S video and composite inputs).  I can then switch the input in the tv tuner software to composite and off I go, using whatever device I've attached.

Under all circumstances, the quality of the video (be it originating from cable tv or some other device) is definitely worse than it is on a tv.  I know this probably has something to do with the difference in native resolutions (lines vs pixels?), but...

Is there any way I can improve the quality of the signal so it actually looks good on a monitor?  Or am I bound to the crappy quality of a tv signal on a monitor that has a far higher resolution than a tv?

Any thoughts on this would be appreciated =)
-Matt

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