[mythtv-users] better tv-out cards

[Eni Gma]

Craig Longman wrote:

>
> i'm getting frustrated with the squished up output i'm getting on this 
> nvidia card i bought for tv out.  the most frustrating part is if they 
> would have proper open-source drivers, i'm sure this would be fixed by 
> now.


Yeah, like the ATI, S3 and Matrox drivers.  They have GREAT TV-Out support.

Many of the Nvidia cards support overscan/underscan XF86Config options. 
 Have you tried doing some adjustments there?

>
>
> anyway, i'm thinking of taking this one back and getting something 
> else, but i'm curious if anyone else has problems/successes with 
> overscanning the tv out of their cards?  in my particular case, i've 
> got one of the slightly wider pioneer tvs, so the black bars are 
> _very_ noticeable.
>
> i know i could stretch the picture out a bit with the nvtv project, 
> but then you lose stuff off the top and quite a bit off the bottom.  
> and because i can take it back, i think it makes sense to not 
> financially support a company that isn't helping me.
>
> i know we've had discussions about output cards before, but i'm 
> curious about overscanning in specific here, i want to be able to 
> stretch the picture out wider, but not have to make it taller.
>
> thanks,
>
>    CraigL->Thx();
>
>
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