Some good VGA-to-Component/Svideo/Composite scan converters: http://www.smarthome.com/77706.html or http://www.smarthome.com/7743C.html
I've got one, and I'm never going back to straight svideo from video card to tv again. Josh On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 09:34:39 -0500, Mike Frisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 08, 2005 at 01:15:22PM +0100, Didde Brockman wrote: > > While using my Geforce 5200 FX's SVideo out the picture on my 30" LCD > > display is "mediocre". > > Doesn't your 30" LCD display have a VGA input? > > > The picture now is choppy and rather flat in colors (yes, I have tried > > adjusting both the TV and the channels in Myth), so I'm wondering if I > > can buy a better GPU or alter anything in my configuration to achieve a > > better picture quality. I've heard ATI cards are horribly difficult to > > get up and running but if they produce a better picture through SVideo > > it might be worth my time... > > IMHO, Don't waste your time trying to use the S-Video output of a video > card. While I haven't seen them all, the ones I have seen and used > (both ATI and Nvidia) have been seriously lacking. To call that DVD > quality would be a flat out lie. > > > The machine (combined frontend and backend) has a Athlon 64 2800+ and > > it's showing a rather high load while doing anything like XVID or live > > TV, so this might actually be a problem unless the choppyness (is that > > even a word?) is in fact caused by the GPU... Might it be worth > > investing in a faster CPU or should this suffice? > > I am sure it has NOTHING to do with your CPU speed, but everything to do > with the signal path and scan converter of your video card. > > Very few people mention it, but a standalone scan converter should work. > I couldn't begin to recommend one as there are many on the market in > different price ranges. > > Mike. > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > >
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