[mythtv-users] Ultimate Mythtv vid card, part II

[papenfuss at juneau.me.vt.edu]

> Standard PAL interlaced TV.  I have a X modeline that has the PAL 
> specification timings and a small circuit (consisting of a transistor and 
> a bunch of resistors) to combine the H-sync and V-sync into a composite 
> sync signal.  The raw RGB from the VGA port along with the composite 
> signal from the circuit is then fed directly into the TV.  Since X is 
> running in native PAL resolution and timings, the output from the VGA port 
> is compatable with the RGB input of the TV.

	OK... so effectively the same as what I'm doing, although I didn't have 
the benefit of a SCART connector.

> The card manufacturers are probably worried about all the support calls 
> they'd get from clueless lusers complaining that "my desktop flickers when 
> I'm outputting it to my crappy TV" :)
> 
	Exactly.

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