Personally, I'm getting a bit disullisioned with using the PVR350 for output. For me at least it has had problems with overscanning from the very beginning. Trying to work around it has been a big headache.
On 12/8/05, Chris Ribe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Steve, > Out of curiosity, why would you recommend using a 350 and TV out to > somebody whose TV has a VGA input? Using a PVR-150 and the VGA put should > save money and headaches, no? > > > On 12/8/05, Steve Adeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thursday 08 December 2005 10:52, Chris wrote: > > > > > I'm going to build a new frondend machine. What would be the way to > > > > > go. > > > > > PVR 350 with tvout or just use the vga out. Suggestions for a nice > > > > > quiet > > > > > vga card ? > > > > > > > > > > I'm connecting it to an lcd tv that has both VGA and s-video inputs > > > > > > > > Well, I suppose two questions have to be asked here: > > > > > > > > 1.) What kind of TV is this front-end being hooked up to? High-Def, > > > > or Standard Def? > > > > > > no HD > > > > > > > 2.) Do you plan on going to High-Def any time soon? > > > > > > I've no plans > > > > > > > 3.) Do you want to do anything more than just playback on this front- > > > > end? > > > > > > just playback, i've got enough pc's :-)) > > > has to be queit (i think even diskless) > > > > > > Chris > > > > use a PVR350 for tv output then. Since you don't plan on doing any gaming, > > etc. that requires a GPU of sorts then the 350's tv output will be fine. > > > > in order to use the tuner on the 350 with Myth you'll need to set up this > > front end as a slave backend. If you don't plan on using a tuner on this > > frontend then just find a cheap nvidia card with TV-out (XvMC enabled if > > requried by cpu limitations) instead. > > > > -- > > Steve > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
