[mythtv-users] TV/out Connection - is 640x480 the max?

[Joe Votour]

I don't seem to recall whether or not acceleration
worked on the TV-Out head on my G400, but I do seem to
recall that it had Xv support.  Three reasons why I
gave up on the G400, despite very good quality:
1. Making modelines was absolutely rediculous.  I'd
use fbset to get a good picture (after much
experimentation), and then make a modeline (I think
fbset will generate X modelines with a switch), but
the modelines never worked.
2. There was a bug with the X server (Xorg) that was
causing a solid blue screen.  It could be worked
around, but it was a pain.
3. I'm addicted to nVidia's OpenGL vsync - it, in
combination with Bob provides the best picture I have
seen (scrolling messages on the screen, like CNN,
ESPN, etc.) are perfectly smooth.

I had a GeForce 440MX with an NV18 chip - the quality
sucked.  I replaced it with a fanless 5200
(Xorg/nVidia driver says it's an NV34), and the
quality is noticably better.  I never had an NV17 to
compare.

-- Joe

--- cythrault at gmail.com wrote:
> On 4/29/05, Jonathan Watmough
> <jonathan.watmough at gmail.com> wrote:
> >  As a sidenote, I thought that a ATI 9200 card
> with TV-out that my gf has on
> > a windows box actually looks better than the
> output from my NVidia card, but
> > the pain and failure to get it working with Linux
> was too much :-((((
> 
> Idem for Matrox cards… Under Winblows, I've yet to
> see a clearer
> picture. Under Linux, forget support (In fact,
> forget support for home
> users from Matrox under any OSes.) The best I could
> achieve using
> Shaun Jackman's matrox-tvout
> (http://freshmeat.net/projects/matrox-tvout/) did
> not permit any kind
> of video acceleration. Tho, I believe he stop
> developing it. :(
> 
> Anyhow, I do hope to raise enough money some day to
> get a monstrous
> TFT TV with digital inputs to be able to use that
> G550 gathering dust.
> <sigh>
> 
> The bottom line, judging from this list's archives:
> for normal
> (non-hdtv) viewing, get a fanless 440MX, MX4000 or
> FX5200 from Nvdia
> (YMMV depeding on board maker.) And, from what I
> could read, the NV17
> seems to have a nicer output compared to the NV18.
> But that's not
> first hand experience.
> 
> -- 
> cyth
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