Thanks for replying Mike. I haven't bought anything, but my current plan was to actually scrap the PVR-350 and go with a GeForce 5200 so your post just further comforts my decision.
Sincerely, John On 6/19/05, Michael T. Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John Hanauer wrote: > > >>However, I'd take it a step further as cost is close to the same (assuming > >>PCI's are available for all this) and use 2 PVR-150's and a decent non- > >>fann'd Nvidia with DVI and Svid out. > >> > >> > Highly agree with using a "real" video card instead of PVR-350 TV out. > Very nice for non-video (i.e. OpenGL). Also, not limited to SDTV. > > >I'm cool with doing this, even thought about it. But I want good quality on > >my TV-out plus I want it to stay cheap. > > > > > IMHO, the rumors of PVR-350 output quality are highly exaggerated... I > would guess that most people who swear there's a huge difference have > never properly configured their video card's TV out and Myth's use of it > (i.e. got it just far enough to get output). I have a PVR-350, but yet > I'm using a Chaintech GF4 MX440 for TV out (yeah, not quite what I need > for HDTV, but that will change in the near future...). > > >What's a good cheap Nvidia with good TV-out? > > > Love the TV out on mine. Also, quite inexpensive. If you have > aspirations of an HDTV upgrade, you might want to go with a GF 5200 (or > better). > > Mike > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
