[mythtv-users] MythTv and S-Video -- Worth It?

Cecil Watson cwatson at linkline.com
Mon Nov 29 21:49:20 UTC 2004


Hello,

Drew Zerdecki wrote:

>I only have a 27inch "regular" TV with S-video.  I love computers and
>would love to get into MythTv but I am concerned that it will all be
>for naught if the s-video output to the TV is bad.  Is it too annoying
>to watch?  I hear people complaining that it is difficult to watch
>sports and see news tickers?  If it is worth it, what is the best
>solution for a two tuner system?   Svideo out on motherboard, out from
>graphics card, or the pvr350 (but 350 won't do dvd's or divx etc???)
>
>Thanks for your help,
>
>Drew
>  
>
I personally have no issue w/ SVIDEO out on my Chaintech motherboard or 
SVIDEO out from an nVidia Geforce 440 based card.  I personally wouldn't 
recommend using the TV out of the 350, if you plan to play games, watch 
MPEG-4 (divx, xvid, etc. ) content.

Cecil


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