[mythtv] TV-Out on a big screen TV

Harondel J. Sibble mythtv-dev@snowman.net
Wed, 06 Nov 2002 08:22:49 -0800


I'd suggest looking at one of the dual head Matrox G550, TV output is quite 
good, I have a client running it to his 6ft projection TV.   This is under 
windows mind you, however, last I looked it works fine under linux.

On 6 Nov 2002 at 8:56, Kevin Jensen wrote:

> Jason,
> TV Out quality sucks.  Get a breakout box that converts VGA -> component video
> and you will have much better picture.
> 
> Kevin
> 
> At 09:46 AM 11/6/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> >I'm piecing together a new box for mythtv.  I need to buy a video card
> >that can output to my 43" 9:16 TV with excellent quality (well, at
> >least better than the VCR.)  From the mailing list, it seems a few
> >people are using the GeForce2 MX 400.  I also read that Isaac was using
> >such a card before upgrading to a Gainward GeForce4 Ti4200.  (Why did
> >you need to upgrade, Isaac?)

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