2005 World Championships (graphics)

I have a question about Graphics quality on Live feeds. Would memory upgrades or graphics card upgrades improve a live feed? On My computer I have a Radeon 9000pro with 256mb of pc1600. On my brothers he has a Radeon 9600se but only has 256mb of pc2700. His computer is the one we have s-video linked to the TV. It is already good enough to watch, not choppy, just slightly grainy at times. Is there any way to get closer to "tv" quality? Any help is appreciated.

Our broadband is the best offered by the local provider.

I have a question about Graphics quality on Live feeds. Would memory upgrades or graphics card upgrades improve a live feed? On My computer I have a Radeon 9000pro with 256mb of pc1600. On my brothers he has a Radeon 9600se but only has 256mb of pc2700. His computer is the one we have s-video linked to the TV. It is already good enough to watch, not choppy, just slightly grainy at times. Is there any way to get closer to "tv" quality? Any help is appreciated.

Our broadband is the best offered by the local provider.
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Is there any way to get closer to "tv" quality? Any help is appreciated.Probably not. The broadcaster usually only sends so much data over the lines...

Our broadband is the best offered by the local provider.Why doesn't your internet provider offer corporate connections (T1 and up)? :dunno:

I have a question about Graphics quality on Live feeds. Would memory upgrades or graphics card upgrades improve a live feed? On My computer I have a Radeon 9000pro with 256mb of pc1600. On my brothers he has a Radeon 9600se but only has 256mb of pc2700. His computer is the one we have s-video linked to the TV. It is already good enough to watch, not choppy, just slightly grainy at times. Is there any way to get closer to "tv" quality? Any help is appreciated.

Our broadband is the best offered by the local provider.
Streaming content quality is dependent on the server, not the client. If the server streams video at 300kbit/s, then each client gets that same quality. Of course, if the server offers three different quality streams, say one for dialup, another for crappy cable/DSL, and a third for high-end broadband (which you say you have), then the highest quality you can get is that of the third stream.

Hardware has little effect on the quality of the video, if any. Maybe some hardware (and maybe even some software, ie. drivers or codecs) will do video processing to clean up the image, but it's a marginal improvement at best. It's certainly not up to the RAM, hard drive, etc, but only to the video card. I'd say it wouldn't make an ounce of difference to you though. That said, the graininess you mention is normal for streamed video. There's not much you can do about that at all.

Thanks for your reponses guys. Im kinda new to the whole live streaming stuff.