[mythtv-users] S-Video Output PVR250 or PVR350???

[John Kuhn]

it surely doesnt hurt to have both.. the 350 is superior quality and 
lower overhead for decoding (since it will be then using the onboard 
decoder) but its uses a rather slow frame buffer.. playing 
dvds/divx/games elese is rather slow and jerky..

get a nice gf4mx with svid out.. (many people like the PNY's) along with 
a 350 and decide yourself which route you want togo..

--John Kuhn

>Great.  So with all that said, I believe it just makes sense to get a
>decent video card (onboard or otherwise) that doesn't have S-Video out
>and just use the one that comes with the PVR350.  Can anyone post a link
>to good documentation on using the PVR350's S-Video output?
>
>That leads me to another question.  How does the quality on the PVR350's
>S-Video compare to using a VGA to S-Video scan converter?  I'm sure that
>I'll be looking into a new display device for my home theater as prices
>plummet on plasma/LCD displays.  Most of those come with VGA or DVI
>inputs...
>
>-Khanh Tran
>khanh at khanh.net
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: John Kuhn [mailto:kuhn at razorsys.com] 
>Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 10:09 AM
>To: khanh at khanh.net; Discussion about mythtv
>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] S-Video Output PVR250 or PVR350???
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>>I'm looking at buying hardware for my first MythTV box.
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>>I've been tossing around the idea of getting something like the Shuttle
>>SN41G2B.  It has nVidia nForce2 + MCP-T for graphics with S-Video out
>>and a front mounted SPDIF output, but I've settled on that one.  I'm
>>basically looking for something cost effective, but with a decent
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>amount
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>>of hardware that is supported by Linux.
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>>Since I know I'm getting a PVR250 or PVR350 to do video caputre, my
>>question is, can I use the S-Video output on those card to display
>>everything on my TV,
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>Yes, a 350 will.. a 250 does not have svid out
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>>or do I need a separate S-Video out from the main
>>VGA board? 
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>this will work as well.. tho i find the output from my 350 to be 1000x 
>better then from my vid card
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>>Will the S-Video out on the PVR cards  actually display the
>>MythTV UI and the X Windows interface?  
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>yes
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>--John
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