[mythtv-users] TV Out quality problems (nvidia)

[Kaushik Mallick]

Oh cool! looks like I have an explanation now. I
completely trust you guys that the culprit most likely
is the MSI nforce2 motherboard. I will definitely try
out a MX440 or FX5200 video card and report back.



--- Ville Vehvilainen <buddha at cs.tut.fi> wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Jul 2004, John Goerzen wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> > I finally got my TV out working (turned out I had
> defective hardware
> > before.)  It's working, but I have two main
> problems: color and motion.
> >
> > I have a nforce2 motherboard with an intergrated
> GeForce4 MX (NV18) GPU,
> > which features integrated TV out.  I'm running
> nvidia's drivers, version
> > 6106.  I have Debian unstable on this box and X
> 4.3.0.dfsg.1-5.
> 
> This is probably the reason. I had the same problem
> with my MSI K7N2G
> board. Couldn't find a solution, and bought a cheap
> GeForceFX 5200 which
> solved the crappy color reproduction. Also got a DVI
> interface as a
> bonus. I'm afraid that the jerky motion issues are
> impossible to fully
> solve (except by using a PVR350?) at this time; see
> any number of recent
> threads for more information.
> 
> A friend with an Abit Nforce2 board tells me that
> his TV-out quality is
> perfectly fine; I haven't had the opportunity to do
> a side-by-side
> comparison so cannot verify.
> 
> It seems very possible that different manufacturers
> construct their
> Nforce2 boards differently, perhaps using a
> different brand of TV encoder
> chip (or the one integrated in the NF2 GPU)  and
> therefore the quality,
> overscan etc issues may vary between manufacturers
> to a great degree.
> 
> Anyway, sorry to say it but you're probably out of
> luck with the
> integrated graphics - just find a cheap GF4MX or
> FX5200 and you'll be
> fine.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Ville Vehviläinen <buddha at cs.tut.fi> Tel. +358 40
> 8491076
> 
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