On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 02:01:23PM -0500, Kyle Rose wrote:
> > One major exception is if you don't have an AGP slot in your older computer,
> > then the pvr-350 seems a wiser choice.
>
> Except that you can also find PCI FX5200's. I know: I have two.
>
> Still, IMO the NTSC output of the 350 is superior even to the best
> modelines I've seen on the S-Video outputs of the Nvidia cards; but,
> if you ever plan to go the HDTV route*, a combined DVI/S-Video Nvidia
> card is the more thrifty choice.
I'll admit to not having had a 350 to compare, but I found the svideo
output of my 5200 to be quite good. It was actually extremely good
when using a 720p source -- there is some merit in having an HD card
even with a regular TV though you pay a lot in disk space and system
requirements -- which led me to believe that any thoughts on the quality
of the svideo out of the fx5200 may not have been the output but:
a) The quality of the encodings, or
b) The issues of going from interlace recording to slightly different
resolutions so the interlace frames are off.
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