[mythtv-users] Re: ATI AIW does it work or not?

Brian Blalock bblalock at mtco.com
Sun Jun 1 12:39:06 EDT 2003


>
>You (Brian) also wrote --
>
>>My alternative is two ATI TV Wonders and the least expensive video card I 
can
>>find that supports X-Video.
>
>Do you mean xVideo on TV-out? If so, the least expensive card I know of is
>a Savage IX, available for about $14 from www.compugeeks.com ... though I'm
>relying on the reports of others here on this list (check the archives) for
>saying ti works. (I have one but have not had time to set it up yet.)

I'm going to be using a monitor for my display so I don't need a TV-out.  

>
>nVidia GeForce cards (various models) are more expensive -- around $45 from
>the same source -- and I can vouch for their working just fine (using the X
>driver nVidia supplies ... I haven't tried the free-software one yet).
>
>Are ATI TV wonders really cheaper (or enough better) than AverTV cards, or
>(if you can still find them) older Hauppauge WinTV GO cards?

The biggest reasons I'm going with the ATI TV-Wonders is that they're 
available locally, and they are very common in the hardware database.  


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