[mythtv-users] Using the video card without using a TV-Out

[Kevin Kuphal]

Pete wrote:

>Does anyone simply use the video card output to a TV as their only video out 
>source? I've seen some hints to this, but nothing specific. I've got a 350 
>working, but never could successfully get X coming out, and the ivtv-fb and 
>ivtvdev_drv.o generally broke things (X wouldn't start on the fb interface no 
>matter what I did, nor could I just send myth to :1). Since this will be the 
>center of a home theater, and since TV looks pretty good at 1280x720 on my 
>monitor, can I just go this route? I'm putting a pcHDTV in this box in a 
>month or two (waiting till after christmas to buy it), so I can do both cable 
>and OTA HD, so why not just use one output and not have to switch the TV all 
>the time?
>  
>
I use a VGA->NTSC converter that works fine for me.  I have to as my 
rear projection TV doesn't like the TV-out of any video card.  People 
say the quality is less than the TV-out on a video card but honestly I 
can't really tell, maybe I just don't know what I'm missing.

Kevin