> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Galen > Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 9:13 PM > To: Discussion about mythtv > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Decent, Inexpensive Video Card? > (Yes, I did search) > > I have been eyeing the 5200FX as an inexpensive option > actually. Does the s-video output vary from brand to brand? I > really like the idea of having the video output to s-video if > there's no other display. Does the fan vary in > volume/presence from brand to brand? I would imagine that at > least the fan varies from brand to brand, if not the s-video > and possibly other attributes - can anybody specify brands if > relevant? > > Has anybody tested the 1920 x 1080 DVI out? I thought I heard > there were issues with this. I'm basically looking to output > full-resolution HDTV to a device like a LCD monitor. Am I > completely off-base, or have their been issues with this? > > Out of curiosity, does the VRAM have any impact on > performance, particularly with XvMC? Is XvMC a universal > thing, or are higher-end cards required to handle XvMC and > 1080i? I'm not exactly in the mood to decrypt white papers > regarding XvMC or dig through source code and try to > understand how precisely it works and how that would apply to > answer this practical question... if there's a nice bit of > practical documentation on XvMC somewhere on the net that I'm > not finding with Google, I'd love it if someone would point > me in that direction. > > Thanks! >
If one were to get the 5200FX or other Nvidia card, and couple it with a PVR-350, could you use the PVR for the signal decoding and then output via the 5200FX? I'm assuming if this is possible then a lot of us could solve our DVD problems by setting output for DVD to the 5200.
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