If you value quality over all else, then the PVR-350 (after sufficient tweaking of the GUI) is about the best that you can get for S-Video or Composite output.
However, using the PVR-350 locks you only into viewing MPEG-2 recordings. You can get DVD playback working with xine or mplayer, but it will really cause a CPU hit, since it will be using a framebuffer. I don't know about MPEG-4 or RTJPEG recordings, because I have dual PVR-x50's (one 250, one 350). Also, you can forget about MythGame/xmame, and some of the visualizations in MythMusic. I use an FX5200 for my TV output. It works well for everything, but there are some trade-offs to be made. If I don't use any deinterlacing filters (but use the nvidia settings tool to turn on anti-aliasing), then fast scrolling messages aren't too smooth (but everything else is pretty good). Enabling Bob fixes this (in fact, with Bob, it's just about perfect), but then some shows (notably cartoons where there's lots of thin lines) are flickery. There are none of these issues with the PVR-350 output. -- Joe --- Thom Paine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I finally got my computer supplier to order me a > PVR-350 card for my > upcoming myth box. > > I also thought about getting a FX-5200 with TV-Out > to hook to my > television. > > An I better or worse off using the tv-out on the > pvr-350 or should I use > the FX-5200. > > Purchasing both cards right now is a bit of a moot > point, as I plan to > have a backend / front end system in the future. > > Thanks. > > -=/>Thom > > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
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